Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 699: Far-reaching plans
When Jushu heard Yuan Xi's words, he said with a bitter face: "Why does Ming Gong insist on asking me to be a villain?"

Yuan Xi looked relaxed, "Sir, you should understand that if this is done, everyone will know that I am the evil person behind you."

"Sir, you still don't want to offend too many people when you do this."

Jushou smiled bitterly, "So Duke Ming used me, a Jizhou native, to deal with the Youzhou nobles?"

"Most of the officials placed in the townships are from Jianghuai and Jizhou. Isn't this the same as when Duke Ben Chu used foreign gentry to suppress the gentry in Jizhou?"

Yuan Xi replied: "Sir, you are right. Cao Cao used the Yingchuan gentry to suppress the Yanzhou gentry, Sun Ce used the Jiangbei gentry to check the Jiangdong gentry, and Liu Yuzhou used the Yuzhou gentry to fight against the Xuzhou gentry. Is this the case?"

"Because they have all seen the consequences of allowing local nobles to become powerful."

"Although my purpose is different from theirs, I have to admit that their approach is already the best option available at the moment."

Seeing Jushu hesitate to speak, Yuan Xi said: "I will not let you down, sir. Your merits must be rewarded. In the future, your family will receive more or less exceptional preferential treatment."

Jushou's eyes flashed, "If Ming Gong does this, won't he be criticized and treated differently by the nobles?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I can still use this power."

"After all, if I don't give you any benefits, who would be willing to conquer the world with me?"

The benefit of Jushu Xindao is not easy to get. It is very hot to be the target of public criticism.

But he had nothing to say and immediately leaned forward to accept the order.

After Jushou left, Yuan Xi said to Guo Jia, who had been silent all this time, "It's strange, sir, he always contradicts me, but why didn't he say a word today?"

Guo Jia raised his head and took a sip of wine, and said leisurely: "It's actually quite interesting to watch the father-in-law and eat the poor."

"Gongyu and I are different. His family is in Hebei and is quite large. However, Guo Tu and I are attached to the Yuan family. I am afraid that the Yingchuan Guo family has already severed ties with us."

Yuan Xi was a little surprised, "Sir and Guo Tu are also from the same family?"

Guo Jiaman said indifferently: "They are just distant relatives. What's more, Guo Tu is too careless in his work and will not end well."

He changed the topic and said, "I have to admit that Young Master's idea is very interesting."

"But I don't know where the young master's confidence in fighting against the world's nobles comes from."

"Even if the master's idea is to be realized, there will be no clues within ten or eight years."

"I'll probably be gone by then, so why bother?"

Yuan Xi said in a seductive voice: "Sir, please don't talk about these things all day long."

Guo Jia waved his hand: "That's all. Master, remember your promise to me: if I can't see it, my apprentice can always see it, right?"

The sound of dense firecrackers came in, and Yuan Xi suddenly woke up from his memories. When he raised his head, he remembered that Guo Jia had gone back to spend the New Year with his family, leaving Jushou alone and waiting pitifully.

Seeing Yuan Xi looking over, Jushou handed over a few scrolls of bamboo slips in his hand, "This is the list of officials I have drawn up in the past few days. The background has been written at the back. Please let me take a look at it."

Yuan Xi looked apologetic, stood up, took the bamboo slip and said, "I'm really sorry to let you accompany me, sir."

"I still have some joints that I want to think about, so I'll stop here today."

After Jushou heard this, he got up to say goodbye and went out.

Yuan Xi stretched out and closed his eyes for a while, but Cao Xian came in with a tea tray. Seeing that Yuan Xi was the only one in the room, he let out a sigh and said, "Are the two gentlemen gone?"

"I thought the young master was going to discuss it very late, so this tea was of no use."

Yuan Xi opened his eyes and waved to Cao Xian. When the other party approached, he pulled her into his arms and said with a smile, "It's useless. Let's drink this tea."

Seeing Cao Xian's blushing face, he smiled and said, "It's been a year since we've been apart. It seems like you don't miss me much, and you don't take the initiative to look for me."

Cao Xian twisted his body and chuckled: "Young Master has wronged me by saying this. Seeing that Young Master is busy with everything and there are many things at home, how can I dare to show off at this time?"

She felt that Yuan Xi was becoming more dishonest, her face turned redder, and she whispered: "Isn't this bad?"

"It's still daytime, if someone comes in from outside."

Yuan Xi said in her ear: "Wouldn't this be more exciting?"

"I may have to patrol Youzhou after the new year. I won't be able to come back for a month or two. If I come back, I may have to leave immediately. I don't know when I will come back."

After hearing this, Cao Xian only hesitated for a moment and then loosened Qu Ju Shenyi's belt, but still stared at the door anxiously. After all, this kind of thing was really too much for her as a lady.

Soon she stretched out her hands and tried to support the table to keep her body balanced. The noise and footsteps outside the door came from time to time, making Cao Xian's body tense. This uneasy mood only made the room more exciting.

Finally, after letting out a satisfied cry in her throat, Cao Xian collapsed into Yuan Xi's arms. A few drops of sweat oozed from her forehead. She turned her head slightly and hummed to Yuan Xi: "I haven't seen you for a year. Young Master is awesome." There are quite a few, is there another woman outside?"

Yuan Xi is also quite satisfied. It seems that it's not that he is not good, but that Lu Lingqi is too good!He said casually: "Where, there is a war this year, only Lingqi and Mrs. Du"

He reacted immediately and quickly shut up. Cao Xian tied up his belt again and said lazily: "I have noticed that the young master is interested in Mrs. Du. In order to cover up, he took her to Haixi. As for that, Mrs. Zhen is not Such a narrow-minded person.”

Yuan Xi couldn't argue, and said calmly: "It's just a coincidence that the meeting happened."

He didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "You have been taking care of Lingqi recently, but you have been tired."

Cao Xian shook his head, sat up straight again, and pinched the lapel of Yuan Xi's clothes, "This is my concubine's duty, but my husband is cruel and is willing to let Mrs. Lu go into battle to kill the enemy, and as a result, I end up with this problem."

Yuan Xi was silent. According to his speculation, Lu Lingqi's tinnitus may be due to the congenital thin ear bones, so her hearing is extremely sensitive, but it is also easily affected by the outside world.

The sound outside itself had a big impact on her, and for a period of time she was fighting every day, and the vibrations of weapons clashing had a greater impact on her eardrums. Over time, it was like the sequelae of wearing headphones for a long time in later generations, causing constant vibrations. tinnitus.

In this situation, there is no other good solution except to rest for a year and a half.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi also felt quite apologetic and said, "I am indeed sorry for her, and I am also sorry for you."

Cao Xian shook his head and said: "My husband's words have gone unnoticed. As women, we have been aware of this for a long time following our husband."

"Everyone, including my concubine, understands that there is no retreat in fighting for the world."

"The most dangerous person is your husband, so I ask you to take good care of your health. What if something happens to me and I let you live with these people?"

Yuan Xi also felt heavy when he thought about the fate of the women in the Yuan clan when Ye City was destroyed in later generations. He nodded and said, "I understand."

Cao Xian suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and said, "By the way, all military and internal affairs in Yecheng were handled through Mr. Fengxiao."

"In terms of other chores, such as the Zhen family's maritime trade, Mrs. Zhen asked me to help organize it."

"After my husband came back, because other matters were more urgent, I didn't have time to keep telling him."

"I compiled a copy and I remember putting it in the study."

She bent over and lay on the straw mat on the ground, rummaging through the wooden cabinet filled with bamboo slips. The curves of her fully developed body were clearly revealed, which almost made Yuan Xi lose his concentration again.

After a while, she cheered, took out two scrolls of bamboo slips, and said, "These are the records of the Zhen family's maritime trade route in Youzhou, and the trade records of the four Han peninsulas and the Wonu Kingdom."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi understood that this was the Korean Peninsula and Japan in later generations, and couldn't help but wonder: "There are only four Han counties, but there is also a Japanese slave country?"

"I'll take a look."

He took the bamboo slips, pulled Cao Xian smoothly, let him sit in his arms, and opened the bamboo slips one by one to check.

The first bamboo slip is a record of trade with the residents of the Korean Peninsula and tells of the dangers involved.

At that time, the four Han counties had been lost and were occupied by Goguryeo and Sanhan.

When the four Han counties were first established in the Han Dynasty, the ethnic group in the eastern region was called the Hao people. There were many primitive tribes with chiefs, and they were the predecessors of the Goguryeo aristocracy.

In 128 BC, many tribal chiefs, including Nanlu of the Yi tribe, led more than 28 people to Liaodong County. After receiving the report, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up an independent administrative district for them, Canghai County. Later, Canghai County was merged into Lelang County.

Later, the Hao people lived together with the Han people, learned to speak Chinese, and learned from the Han people production techniques such as growing hemp, raising silkworms, and making cloth. In this way, they directly bypassed the slavery system from primitive tribes and entered feudal society.

At the same time, in the second century BC, the Buyeo Kingdom established itself in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and was later merged into Xuantu County. Later, in 49 AD, it sent an envoy to visit Emperor Guangwu, and gradually became stronger and stronger.

In the second year of Jianzhao of the Western Han Dynasty (37 BC), in the east of Liaodong and Xuantu County, Zhu Meng of Fuyu established a regime spanning Liaodong and the eastern side of the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. This was Goguryeo.

Not long after its establishment, it also surrendered to the Han Dynasty and accepted the jurisdiction of Xuantu County.

The three Korean regimes in the southern part of the peninsula were all called Han people and were managed by Lelang County. This was when the four Han counties were at their strongest.

According to their ancestry, many of them were people from Qin who fled there, intermarried and settled with local residents, and then returned to the Han Dynasty, which can be regarded as returning to China.

However, due to the mistakes of the Eastern Han Dynasty's foreign policy, the four Han counties were abandoned, resulting in the current situation on the Korean Peninsula that is extremely chaotic.

There are hundreds of tribal governments, large and small, and it is difficult to conquer them one by one. Moreover, their folk customs are strong and fierce. Even if they trade, they often do evil things. Fortunately, the Zhen family caravan is equipped with a considerable number of weapons, and they can trade across the board. Only then did I become more honest.

This is the information about the Korean Peninsula that Yuan Xi saw from the bamboo slips. In fact, he is not a good person. He did not have any good intentions in instigating the Gongsun family to unify the peninsula.

After all, the person who takes action first is most likely to be resisted by the local people. If the Gongsundu family handles it properly, the situation can be kept stable. But from the perspective of later generations, the Gongsundu family is an expert in external affairs, but an outsider in internal affairs.

At that time, Yuan Xi will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

At this time, Yuan Xi noticed that Cao Xian's hands were beginning to be dishonest, and thought that Cao Xian was so daring after not seeing him for a year.

Just let you see where my hidden bottom line is!

My bottom line is that there is no bottom line!
(End of this chapter)