Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 723 Too Young
After hearing Zhuge's words, Huang Yueying wondered: "Why?"

"My husband, uncle, didn't he also serve as the prefect of Yuzhang appointed by Yuan Gongli?"

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Yuan Jiujiu was not independent at that time. Although I persuaded my uncle that Yuan Shu was a tyrannical and barbaric person, he would definitely betray the Han Dynasty. But at that time, in order to survive, my uncle still chose to rely on Yuan Shu."

"Not long after that, my uncle passed away due to serious illness. I didn't want to seek refuge with Yuan Shu, so I came to Jingzhou to live in seclusion."

After hearing this, Huang Yueying said aloud: "Is this the reason why your husband is opposed to Fierce Tiger, who is also a descendant of the Yuan family?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "No, Fierce Tiger was ordered by the Han court to conquer Yuan Shu."

"What I'm worried about is that the evil tiger has serious ambitions, but I haven't seen through its ultimate purpose yet."

Huang Yueying said disdainfully: "The princes in the world are fighting, and in the end they are all fighting to be the emperor?"

"Now that the Han Dynasty has lost its moral character, I am afraid that there are almost no people in the world who want to loyally support the Han Dynasty, right?"

"I see that those aristocratic families are all eager to covet the big position. As a descendant of the Yuan family, Xiuhu has been very ambitious in the past two years. I'm afraid this is also the case, right?"

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he sighed, looked at the wintersweet branches without a single plum blossom outside the window, and said, "Maybe."

"But even so, the paths they took towards this goal were very different."

"In the current mess we are in, it is impossible to survive alone, but since we are standing here, we must do something to save the people of the world from suffering."

Having said this, Zhuge Liang showed a hint of shame on his face, "Even so, but even so, it is still difficult for me to do it alone."

"I'm still...too weak."

Huang Yueying felt a little distressed when she saw Zhuge Liang's expression, and whispered: "This is not my husband's fault."

"In this world, it is extremely difficult to protect oneself, let alone save the world..."

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he stood up and looked at the sky outside the window, "But I know that I have this ability!"

"But now we are trapped in Wancheng and cannot escape!"

"I was still careless. I didn't expect Jia Wenhe to send people to monitor us and restrict us from leaving the city!"

"If this continues, if something changes in Wancheng, we will be involved in a military disaster, and even our lives will be in the hands of others!"

Zhuge Liang felt very frustrated. Originally, he thought that the situation in Wancheng was becoming increasingly urgent and it was no longer safe for him and Huang Yueying to stay here, so he wanted to take a chance to leave Wancheng and seek refuge in Jianghuai. He also went to Shouchun for a visit. Can I meet the fierce tiger?

Unexpectedly, the couple drove a carriage and were stopped by soldiers as soon as they left the door. They were driven back directly. After Zhuge Liang asked, he found out that it was Jia Xu who had given the order not to leave the city.

After hearing the news, Zhuge Liang already understood something in his heart, but he still didn't give up. He went to Jia Xu's house and said that he had no intention of serving Zhang Xiu and hoped that for Liu Biao's sake, he and his wife could be spared. leave.

Jia Xu laughed and said, "I already understand Kong Ming's intention."

"I don't force it. I just need Kong Ming to write a few letters, ask the other three friends to vote for the general, or introduce a few more celebrities, and I will let you go."

Zhuge Liang heard this and said angrily: "Do you think I would do such a treacherous thing and betray my friends?"

In his anger, he didn't even address Jia Xu by his official title, and put his hand on his side. Only then did he realize that when he came in, the sword had been taken away by the soldiers.

After hearing this, Jia Xu smiled and said: "Kong Ming is young and energetic, and has not yet understood the situation of the world."

"Nowadays, the general trend is unstoppable. Young people still need to learn to meditate and nourish their energy."

Zhuge Liang wants to retort, should I learn from you, who is wise and wise in protecting yourself, but ultimately leads the wolf into the house, leading to the destruction of all living beings?
But he thought about it and finally suppressed his anger. There was no point in irritating Jia Xu now. It would be even more troublesome if Huang Yueying was implicated. He had to swallow his anger and said: "The general is talented but has no talent. He cannot be used in a big way. I still hope." For the sake of Liu Jingsheng's face, Mr. Fu let us go."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Where does Kong Ming want to go?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Return to Nanyang Mountain to live in seclusion and never leave the mountain again."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Do you think I'm easy to deceive?"

"The direction your carriage is heading is towards the east gate of Wancheng. If you are going back to Nanyang, why not take the south gate?"

"Are you afraid that you are going to Jiujiang?"

"Going to Shouchun to look for the fierce tiger?"

Zhuge Liang was shocked. Sure enough, Jia Xu was not a simple person. The slightest oversight in his work would be seen and his intentions exposed!

His anger surged and he sneered: "So what if I go to Shouchun? Liu Jingsheng has good relations with the Yuan family, so what's wrong with me going to the Yuan family's territory?"

"On the contrary, Fu Jun seems to be asking me to go to Shouchun. Does Fu Jun think that going to Shouchun is a bad thing?"

"Isn't it because the Lord wants to be wary of the Yuan family and betray Liu Jingsheng?"

Jia Xu was startled, then showed a cold look on his face, "I was mistaken. I didn't expect that the four friends were not just empty names, but actually had some real talents." "But the young man can't keep his composure and exposes his inner thoughts, but he will be punished. You are bringing disaster upon yourself."

"I advise you to go back and think about it carefully before making a decision."

"Before this, don't think about leaving Wancheng."

"If you still don't give up," Jia Xu said with a fierce look in his eyes, "Wancheng is in chaos, and I can't guarantee the safety of you and your family. I heard that your wife has not been married for a long time and is young, so be careful. "

After coming out of Jia Xu's house, Zhuge Liang felt a strong sense of unwillingness in his heart. He was still too young and was angered by the old fox's words. He couldn't help but lost his words and was threatened by the other party!
After Zhuge Liang came back, he told Huang Yueying about being threatened by Jia Xu with a shameful face, and finally sighed: "I am really incompetent, and my wife is also in danger."

Huang Yue comforted: "Husband, please do not belittle yourself. Now that Jia Xu can threaten your husband, he is just using his power to suppress others."

"A husband should not be discouraged by a temporary setback. After all, finding a way out is the most important thing."

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang stretched out his hands and patted his cheeks hard, then sat up straight and said seriously: "Madam is right, thinking about this matter now will no longer help."

"Just let me think about how to get out of this predicament!"

In the Black Mountain, Guo Jia drank warm wine leisurely and said to Yuan Xi: "The first person to enter is a senior official, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise."

Yuan Xi smiled, "This is all Mr.'s credit."

Guo Jia waved his hand, "Young master, you don't need to compliment me. Although I think I have a lot of experience in understanding people's hearts, your thoughts on the Southern Xiongnu surpass mine."

"I really didn't expect that some tribes in the southern Xiongnu were so persistent in organizing households to harmonize their people."

"I didn't expect that Young Master did not give her special preferential treatment, but instead made her trust Young Master's conditions even more."

"The border residents do not seek huge profits, but seek equality. This is really unexpected to me."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Yes, the previous restraint policy actually had some problems."

"For the Hu people in the border areas, they were previously either promised generous profits to control the Hu people, or they were oppressed by force and turned into slaves, and their lives were far worse than those of ordinary people."

"Both of these methods are very problematic. The former can only attract profit-seeking people, but the latter will force many honest and honest Hu people who want to integrate into the Central Plains to alienate their morals."

"Since we have established households and unified the people, we should treat everyone equally. Otherwise, if we claim to be orthodox in the Central Plains and our practices are no different from those of the barbarians, wouldn't we also become barbarians?"

"The king's approach is to become one regardless of each other. Hu and Han have the same origin and were born and raised by the same parents. If anyone wants to be superior to others, then don't let him go."

"So I only need to promise to the Hu people in Taiyuan County under the rule of Gao Gan to give their Youzhou soldiers the same treatment. Their wives and children will have no worries and will naturally try their best to serve me."

"This measure will gradually have an impact on the Southern Xiongnu tribe in the Hetao Plain behind Taiyuan County. I think they will send people to me for further peace talks soon."

"After all, the prosperity of Youzhou has made the elders of the Southern Xiongnu tribe even more jealous. Although they have a high status among the Southern Xiongnu, in the eyes of the Central Plains nobles, they are uncivilized savages."

"Now I have given them a chance to integrate into the Central Plains nobles. It would be strange if they don't take action."

Guo Jia smiled and said: "It is true. The Yuan family that the young master now controls has a strong voice among the noble clan."

"Of course, this is also because the young master's fist is big enough, so the nobles are willing to listen."

Yuan Xi laughed, but Guo Jia's face changed and he said worriedly: "But this move of the young master will easily cause dissatisfaction among the nobles in the Central Plains."

"The barbarians, who were originally regarded as barbarians, can also become nobles. I'm afraid they will feel insulted and object to the young master's actions."

"And the foundation of the noble clan will be shaken as a result."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that Guo Jia was right, I really thought so.

What he has to do now is to slowly dig out the foundation of the noble clan.

The gentry and so on all worked on the land thousands of years ago. Who is nobler than the other?

Why can they be superior to others now, just because their ancestors were officials and killed more people than others?

According to this, if one person performs meritorious service, his descendants will always have more to eat than others?
There is no such truth in the world. This kind of thing will encounter backlash sooner or later, so it is better to start changing it from now on.

Of course, cutting off the foundation of the noble clan is an extremely long and arduous process.

The nobles are not stupid, and of course they will not sit still and wait for death. To weaken their power, one must take it from within, but seek it from outside.

Internal warfare is to gradually divide the big families into small families through internal fighting, so that they can no longer become a huge force that controls one party.

To pursue foreign affairs is to lure aristocratic families to expand overseas with the promise of huge profits. Naturally, they have no spare capacity to covet the Central Plains.

Of course, these are all very far away. The most urgent thing Yuan Xi faces now is of course to dig out the roots of the princes who are enemies of him.

(End of this chapter)