Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 678: Changes in Dilemma
Regarding how to treat the Jianghuai gentry, Yuan Xi had a headache when he conquered Shouchun.

Because there are several complicated forces here, even if Yuan Xi comes from the Yuan family in Runan, it will be difficult for him to get involved.

The first is Cao Cao's power centered in Qiao County, Yuzhou. The Cao family and Xiahou family are the main ones here, as well as other local surnames. They are the backbone of Cao Cao's support.

Not to mention the Cao family, the Xiahou family actually has a large number of people. They not only serve Cao Cao, but also hold important positions under Er Yuan and Liu Bei.

At that time, this was a normal operation for a large family. After all, no one knew who would win in the end. By then, as long as you bet on the right side, the family's survival could be guaranteed.

But Yuan Xi was very wary of the Cao family and did not dare to trust the Xiahou family, so he almost gave up on this faction.

Secondly, there are the major family forces in Runan County, the hometown of Er Yuan. Since the death of Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji, this family has been dominated by Yuan Shu. Even though Yuan Shao was adopted as his legitimate son, in fact, this family is still dominated by Yuan Shu. That's why Yuan Shu contemptuously called Yuan Shao a domestic slave.

In the Han Dynasty, the so-called head of a family was marked with main branches and branches on the genealogy, but just like there was no eternal throne, there was no unchanging head of the family.

The original main branch of the Xijue family may, due to various accidents, have no heirs to pass on and die, or even the entire family may die. At this time, the power of the family will be replaced.

Even if there are only a few half-grown children left in the main branch, a group of branch elders cannot serve them loyally and secretly come up with countless ways to oust them. In a few years, the head of the family will change hands.

The main branches and branches will change with the change of time and the transfer of power, which is similar to the change of imperial power.

Just like when Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji's clan was almost wiped out by Dong Zhuo, although there are remaining clan members, who is willing to regard him as the head of the family at this time?
Therefore, the power of the head of the family was naturally transferred to the most powerful Yuan Shu. However, as Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, defeated Tian Kai Gong Sun Zan and others, occupied the four states, and his power expanded rapidly, Yuan Shao's power surpassed Yuan Shu, so he This was the case when he began to exercise the power of the head of the Yuan family, including the adoption of Yuan Xi.

At this time, it stands to reason that Yuan Xi's legitimacy as the head of the Yuan family after adopting Yuan Ji's branch is actually higher than that of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, but in fact it is of no use. The reason is very simple. The support force is not enough.

This is also the reason why Yuan Shao felt relieved to let Yuan Xi adopt him, because even if Yuan Xi was given this opportunity, the position of the head of the Yuan family would not be changed.

But the changes in the world situation after that were actually beyond the expectations of the Yuan clan.

Yuan Xi's power has expanded too quickly.

At first, the Yuan clan didn't care. After all, the world was a struggle between the two Yuans. One side occupied the Central Plains and the other occupied the Jianghuai River. Yuan Xi's power was much smaller in comparison.

Then with the fall of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao's serious illness, and the breakup of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, the Yuan clan suddenly discovered that Yuan Xi's status among the branches of the Yuan family had rapidly expanded, and he had become a favorable competitor for the next head of the family!
This is also the reason why even if Yuan Shang wants to rely on Yuan Xi, he still remains wary, because at this point, the two have a fundamental conflict of interest. Just like Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang compete for Yuan Shao's orthodox heir, the conflict is inherently irreconcilable. .

Therefore, Yuan Xi's reputation among the Yuan family is growing day by day, and many people want to join him, including Yuan Shu's younger brother Yuan Yin, who is willing to serve Yuan Xi for this reason.

But Yuan Xi does not want the Yuan clan to be too powerful. Most of these people are just people who follow the wind, and their loyalty is not reliable. Their abilities are not as good as those of Yuan Xi's direct descendants, such as Taishici, Zhao Yuntianyu, Guo Jiaju and Lu Xun. Too far off.

Therefore, Yuan Xi purposefully left the big trouble of the Yuanshu tribe to Yecheng and prevented them from continuing to occupy high positions in key places such as Shouchun and Hefei. Otherwise, it would only bring endless trouble to Yuan Xi.

But with so many positions vacant, people must be found to fill them. Yuan Xi brought some officials from Youzhou and Xuzhou, but these people's abilities were also limited and it was difficult for them to take on major responsibilities in an important place like Shouchun. They had to rely on some The nobles who were familiar with the local conditions cooperated.

Li Shu is one of the best examples, but after all, there are only a few people like him who are smooth in dealing with things. Yuan Xi finally set his sights on the third force.

The clan's surname is Liu.

At that time, there were not even [-] but [-] clan members surnamed Liu in the world, and most of them were already in dire straits. However, the centipede insect was still alive, and the resources it could obtain were still higher than those of ordinary people.

Just like Liu Bei, although he was so poor that he sold straw sandals, once he found an opportunity to enter the circle, he could immediately establish relationships with nobles and celebrities, such as becoming a disciple of Lu Zhi, which was absolutely impossible for ordinary people.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, it followed the Qin Dynasty's system of prefectures and counties, and at the same time implemented a system of enfeoffing princes and kings, which is known as the parallel system of prefectures and states in history. The disadvantage of this system is that it easily leads to the princes and kings being too large and too powerful, which later led to a huge scale. The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.Therefore, in order to strengthen the centralization of power and weaken the power of various princes, kings and local powerful factions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty improved the Qin Dynasty's censorship system and the prime minister's history system in the early Han Dynasty, and established the governor's history system based on the implementation of the Tuien Order.

He divided the world into thirteen states. Each state had a governor whose duty was to supervise the performance of duties by the prefects of the counties in the state. He was only responsible to the emperor. Each governor's term in a state was set for one year.

Because the administrative system and the supervisory system are independent of each other, this system effectively deters state and county governors and prevents unrest. Also, because the term is short, it is difficult to form a local foundation, so it is an excellent initiative.

However, as time passed, the power of the governor became more and more powerful. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, due to insufficient control by local officials, the governor began to do things beyond his authority, such as suppressing rebellions and dealing with refugees.

Especially after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, signs of instability appeared in various places. In order to strengthen his control over the local area, Wang Mang changed the governor to the state pastor. Not only did he have the power to manage the local area and command troops in battle, he could also be awarded the title of general, and the title was hereditary. At this point, the governor's system had deteriorated, from censors to local chief executives. Although Liu Xiu later restored the governor's system, this influence could no longer be eliminated.

Finally, during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, in order to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Yan, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, formally proposed to the court to appoint important members of the clan as state pastors, which was known as the Abolition of Shili Mu.

This is actually a disguised return to the old path of enfeoffing princes and kings at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty. History has gone through a cycle in 500 years. It has to be said that the lessons humans have learned from history books are that they cannot learn any lessons.

The consequence of drinking poison to quench thirst was that the Eastern Han Dynasty was completely divided, and the world became an area controlled by large and small vassal states and rebel separatist forces. The central government had almost no control over local areas.

The proposer, Liu Yan, found himself a shepherd in Yizhou, built the emperor's chariot in Yizhou, and plotted to establish himself as emperor. At the same time, in the first year of Xingping, he sent his eldest son Liu Fan and second son Liu Dan to hook up with Ma Teng. He plotted to attack Chang'an, but it was revealed and Liu Fan and Liu Dan were defeated and killed.

After Liu Yan learned about it, he was in panic all day long. At this time, there was a fire in the house and his privately built emperor's car was completely burned. Liu Yan felt that he had been punished by God. In panic, he suffered from back sores and died.

Among his four sons, the only one who followed him into Shu was Liu Zhang. He was the one who captured Yizhou from Liu Bei in later generations. He was cowardly, suspicious, and incompetent. He could not even defeat Zhang Lu of Hanzhong. In the ears of many people, He may not be as famous as his daughter-in-law Wu, who remarried Liu Bei and became the queen.

In the first year of Zhongping, Liu Yan colluded with Ma Teng to attack Chang'an. As a result, the Southern Huns who plundered Chang'an and Luoyang were unable to return from the Bingzhou Pass, and were forced to contact the Black Mountain Army with whom they were friends and go north from the Black Mountain Pass. I want to return to Bingzhou from Daijun, Youzhou.

But at the north exit of Heishan and south of Beixin City, this Huns army encountered two bet armies, and then the entire army was annihilated.

This was the first battle between Yuan Xi and Zhao Yun when they met and cooperated, and it was also the beginning of everything. Every time Yuan Xi thought about it, he felt that things in the world were so wonderful, one link after another, and there were people in every link intentionally or unintentionally. Behaviors will affect other people's decisions and destiny.

Today's world has reached a point where it is difficult to recover and must be destroyed or established. Yuan Xi is worried that Yu Shouchun has no reliable person to take charge, so he sets his sights on the clan surnamed Liu.

The Yuan family was wary of local wealthy families like Liu Xun, so he wanted to find those whose families were weak, had little backing, and were not yet famous, so he set his sights on Liu Ye, who was still Liu Xun's subordinate.

Liu Ye is a descendant of Fuling King Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. Although his family was in a poor situation, he was able to kill his favorite waiter at the age of 13. He was obviously an extremely decisive person. Later generations were said to have the talent to help others and be good at helping others. Knowing people is the person that Yuan Xi paid great attention to at the beginning.

Taishi Ci could not be found at first, and Yuan Xi was quite sorry. After capturing Wancheng, Yuan Xi was very happy to learn Liu Ye's whereabouts. However, due to the urgency of the war, Yuan Xi rushed to Shouchun, Hefei, and could only tell Li Technique to think of a solution.

Li Shu never forgot this matter. When he learned that it was Liu Ye who entered the city this time, he knew that the opportunity had come. But Liu Ye, Li Shu heard that he had a tough temper and was a very independent person. If he If you can't fulfill Yuan Xi's instructions, you will be in trouble.

He recalled what Liu Xian had just said when he left, and after thinking hard for a while, he got up and went out, ordering someone to drive the carriage all the way to Qiaorui Mansion.

In Qiao Rui's mansion, Qiao and Qiao are taking care of Qiao Rui, who is getting weaker and weaker. These days, Qiao Rui's complexion is getting worse day by day. Qiao and Qiao are both sad in their hearts, knowing that her life is not long.

Seeing this, Qiao Rui tried her best to look relaxed and comforted the two women: "Compared to the fate of other generals under Duke Gu, I have lived a long time."

"The world is unpredictable. Who would have guessed that even a person like Sun Bofu would be plotted against?"

He thought in his heart that Yuan Xi was really amazing. Even the expert around him could figure it out. With his help, Yuan Xi's achievements in the future would be limitless.

(End of this chapter)