Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 663: Difficult Quest
Hearing what Cao Cao said, Cao Ang was obviously dissatisfied with Yang Biao's family. He was puzzled. Yang Biao was not involved in the whole incident of the Clothes and Belt Edict. Why did Cao Cao hate the Yang family so much?
He couldn't help but express the doubts in his heart, and finally said: "Is it because Yang Biao claimed to be ill and asked to retire and return to his hometown, that my father was unhappy?"

"But he kept his son Yang Xiu. Isn't this a sign of siding with my father?"

Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu and said: "These big clans all put their own survival first, so they sacrifice their lives to save their lives. Most of their so-called loyalty is a lie."

"Yang Biaoshi was favored by Han, why didn't he come forward this time?"

"In the final analysis, using your son as a pledge is just a matter of adapting to the wind."

Cao Ang couldn't help but glance at Xun Yu and said softly: "But now all the officials in the court think that my father has betrayed the Han Dynasty."

Cao Cao sneered, "If others think so, that's their business. You won't be like others and think that the emperor can conquer the world with just one mouth, right?"

"Will his edict be useful to Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had dissatisfied with Emperor Ling when he was still alive, or will it be able to persuade Er Yuan, who has long wanted to stand on his own feet?"

"Nowadays, people don't distinguish between loyal and traitorous people. They listen to the villain's slander and want to kill me. How have I ever done anything to betray the Han Dynasty?"

"On the contrary, the ones who really betrayed the Han Dynasty were Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Li Jue and Guo Si, and I have always been an enemy of them!"

"The emperor's actions are so chilling. How can I just sit back and wait for death?"

"As long as I bring him to Xu County, as time goes by, he will definitely be able to recognize who is the real loyal minister of the Han Dynasty!"

After speaking, Cao Cao did not look back and walked out of the door, leaving only Cao Ang and Xun Yu in silence.

Xun Yu naturally understood that Cao Ang's questions and Cao Cao's answers were all for him.

He has been very confused these days because he found that his previous understanding of Cao Cao was not accurate.

He found that he could not guess Cao Cao's true thoughts, and gradually began to wonder if the other party had lied to him?
In this situation of being at a loss what to do, Xun Yu could only try his best to repair the relationship between Liu Xie and Cao Cao, although he knew that what he did might be in vain.

Xun Yu understood that Cao Cao wanted to convince himself, and then persuade Liu Xie through himself to cooperate, but in this way, he would inevitably face a dilemma.

If Cao Cao's words are true, there will be a conflict between the deceived emperor and Cao Cao who is loyal to the Han Dynasty. Standing on Cao Cao's side is the best choice for the Han Dynasty.

But in this case, who is the emperor?

Those who had similar doubts as Xun Yu Huai were not only the ministers in Huai City, but also Yang Feng, who was riding a horse in the Black Mountain.

Since she left Xuzhou, she has gone to Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and finally Jizhou, where she saw a scene that was different but similar to Montenegro.

There are wars everywhere, famine everywhere, dead people everywhere, and ruins in the wilderness.

When I was a child, my memory of the countryside was completely overturned. Wherever the war was, people were starving and dead, and mountains were covered with corpses.

Naturally, no one took care of the corpses of these soldiers and civilians. They were left exposed in the wilderness, attracting the sky full of vicious crows. In Yang Feng's ears, their shrill cries were not only like the screams of these people before they died, but also more like It is the dying cry of the Han Dynasty.

The mountains and fields were like this, and the scenes in towns with better conditions made Yang Feng even more unable to look straight at them.

Among them, there was a huge gap between the nobles and the common people. The aristocratic families not only held almost all official positions, but also took the opportunity to amass land. The common people lost their livelihood and either became refugees or sold themselves to the wealthy families and became domestic slaves who could not stand up for generations.

The aristocratic families have become the actual people in power in the local area. Strictly speaking, they can be regarded as separate princes, but their strength is different, and the size of the territory they occupy is different.

The wealthy families arbitrarily changed taxes, amassed wealth, controlled food, and expropriated civilians in the territories they controlled. The people at the bottom lost their land and freedom, and were no different from slaves.

When he was in Youzhou, Yang Feng saw that Yuan Xi did not trust the nobles at all, but confiscated the land as much as possible and directly controlled it. At that time, he was quite disdainful, thinking that the other party was simply taking advantage of the opportunity to seek personal gain.

Later, along the way, she finally understood Yuan Xi's behavior a little bit, because the noble landowners put their own interests and family survival before the survival of the people. After losing the control of the imperial power, they did whatever they wanted, and no one could control them.

Yuan Xi's behavior of directly distributing grain from public lands not only ensured the people's basic livelihood in difficult times, but also deterred and cracked down on nobles who wanted to hoard and use high-priced grain to further annex land.

But apart from Youzhou's effective response, the scene Yang Feng saw was much more tragic, because in places like Yanzhou and Yuzhou, the landowners who were separatist parties in the Han Dynasty were in name only, and no one could control them anymore.

Under this situation, the world has returned to the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Today, like the Emperor of Zhou, there is nothing that can be done to the princes of all parties. China has actually been divided into dozens or hundreds of princes, large and small. country.

And the hidden cause of this kind of thing is what makes Yang Feng really tremble, because the initiator of this kind of chaos in the world is her father Zhang Jiao.

What makes Yang Feng even more chilling is that the remnants of Taiping Dao and the Yellow Turban Army left by Zhang Jiao have completely turned into tools to aid the evil deeds. The former helps the wealthy families in the city to refine elixirs and medicines, deceive and control the people, and the latter joins the wealthy families and becomes a leader. to control local private armies.

Doesn't this mean that all my father did was beat the Han Dynasty to death, thus creating countless feudal lords?

No, no, this is definitely not my father’s original intention!

Yang Feng tried her best to drive this thought out of her mind. Wasn't her father's original idea to overthrow these wealthy families so that everyone could have food?
Isn't what he opposes just the wealthy families who annex land and turn common people into domestic slaves?
But why is the world like this now?
This shouldn't be my father's problem, he just died too early!If you give him ten years, my father will definitely be able to create a better world than now!
But at this time, in Yang Feng's memories, he could not help but think of what Yuan Xi had said to him when he was in labor education in Youzhou.

It’s not that I look down on your father, I’m afraid that if you give him another 100 years, the world will still be like this.

Because he only knows that there are injustices in the world, and he also knows how to temporarily eliminate these injustices, but he cannot prevent these injustices from returning.

Whether he dies or not, these injustices will return, and everything will be back to where it started.

Even if he conquers the world, the common people who follow him to conquer the world will become the new landlords and wealthy people, and then do what they want.Still the same as everyone else.

If this cycle of reincarnation is not broken, people in the world will never be able to get out of this circle.

Yang Feng was very unconvinced and asked Yuan Xi, "Is that all you can do?"

Yuan Xi was silent for a while and said, "I'm not sure either."

"I do have some ideas, but this method is too drastic. After doing it, I will be the enemy of everyone in the world."

Yang Feng was very smart. After hearing this, she immediately reacted and sneered: "So you want to control Taiping Road and let them do your dirty work for you?"

Yuan Xi said helplessly: "Why are you so defensive?"

"You also know that the Buddhist Taoism and Taiping Taoism are fighting fiercely in Xuzhou. There are more people in the Taiping Taoism than in the Buddhist Taoism. But do you know why the Taiping Taoism cannot eliminate the Buddhists?"

"Do you know the difference between Taoism and Buddhism?"

Yang Feng became curious, "What's the difference?"

Yuan Xi spoke out: "Taoism kills people, Buddhism kills people."

"Killing alone cannot solve the problem, so we must also kill the thoughts in people's heads."

Yang Fengruo realized something, "You mean...?"

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "We must take a two-pronged approach both physically and mentally to completely eliminate it."

Yang Feng seemed to understand, but she intuitively felt that Yuan Xi had not deceived her, so she went all the way to find the answer to this question, but in the end she found that not only did she not find it, but she was also confused by more and more things.

She seemed to have some understanding, but she felt that there were some key points that she couldn't figure out on her own. She had to talk to Yuan Xi about her doubts these days.

Yang Feng had to admit that although she still had a bad impression of Yuan Xi, there were things hidden in his mind that even her father could not touch.

But talking about Yuan Xi's whereabouts made Yang Feng very angry. She originally heard that Yuan Xi was attacking Shouchun, so she went south from Yanzhou to Yuzhou. As a result, she finally passed through the war-torn area and arrived at Ruyin County, but she heard that Yuan Xi was attacking Shouchun. Xi's fleet sailed to Jizhou.

Yang Feng had no choice but to turn back and go north, and finally entered Wei County. However, after Yuan Xi repelled Cao's army, he went to Black Mountain!

Yang Feng was so angry that she vomited blood. She did not stop and simply stole a few horses from Yuan Tan's military camp and returned to the Black Mountain where everything started.

Although she hasn't found Yuan Xi yet, she has learned a lot about the current situation of Taiping Road along the way.

Today's Taiping Road is completely rotten.

Regarding the hard work left by Zhang Jue, Yang Feng wanted to bring order to the chaos, but she was powerless on her own, which is why she came to Yuan Xi in a hurry.

Yang Feng retracted her thoughts and shouted to somewhere in the mountains and forests: "Stop hiding, come out."

There were dozens of people hiding in the forest. After hearing this, they hesitated for a moment and then stood up scattered. Several people pointed their bows and arrows at Yang Feng and said, "Who are you? What are you here for?"

Yang Feng took off the fur hat on his head, showed his face, and sneered: "Did you not recognize me, or have you forgotten my appearance?"

When those people heard Yang Feng's voice, they were already suspicious. Now when they saw Yang Feng's face, they couldn't help but put down their bows and arrows, and said in a voiceless voice: "Commander Yang, why are you here?"

Yang Feng frowned and said, "I would like to ask you, is this place not controlled by the Yuan family?"

"Did you vote for the Yuan family?"

Several people looked at each other, and someone said: "Please wait a moment, Commander Yang, I will go and fetch the leader."

Yang Feng naturally knew that these people still had leaders, but who else escaped at that time?

(End of this chapter)