Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 797 Bad Character

Yuan Xi finally waited for the envoy sent by Jiangdong in Shouchun. When he saw a string of names on the name card, he looked up at Lu Xun who looked embarrassed and said with a smile: "This is really a coincidence."

Lu Xun could only smile bitterly, and Zhuge Liang said from the side: "If this is done behind closed doors, it will be the same as discussing family matters."

This time the envoy sent by Sun Quan was led by Zhang Zhao.

This is reasonable, because Zhou Yu is injured in bed, and Zhang Zhao, who also lost the battle, is in urgent need of a chance to prove himself.

Sun Quan's move was very clever. Overtly he was re-employing Zhang Zhao to give him a chance to turn around, but secretly he also took the opportunity to beat him hard, because if Zhang Zhao failed this time, what awaited him would be more than just a rebuke. .

Accompanying him were several Jiangdong officials, most of them celebrities, among whom one name stood out the most.

Lu Hao.

Lu Xun understood that Sun Quan sent Lu Mao here not just to trick relatives, but also to contain a vague threat.

If Lu Hao doesn't do things well, the Lu family will be implicated after he returns. This is a naked hint that Lu Xun has to make a choice.

Yuan Xi saw Lu Xun's depressed look and thought that the most troublesome place for officials and subordinates who came from a wealthy family was here. Unless the relationship with the family was completely severed, they would inevitably be constrained in their actions.

The family is the support of noble officials. It is even more difficult for a white body without a family to become an official. However, if you become an official because of family connections, it is inevitable that you will not be able to distance yourself from the family.

At the beginning, Lu Xun saw that the head of the family did not belong to him, so he wanted to go out and make a career. He never thought that he would have to face such a choice in the end.

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I'll find an opportunity to meet him in private."

Lu Xun understood Yuan Xi's intention and said, "Thank you so much, sworn brother."

He then asked: "Are you going to call them here today?"

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said, "No hurry, wait two days."

"If Kong Ming's prediction is correct, it's time for Jingzhou to send a second group of people."

Zhuge Liang's face was stiff, and he said goodbye to his relatives. One Kuai Yue would make it difficult for him to avoid suspicion, and it would be really difficult for him to perform again.

When Yuan Xi saw Zhuge Liang's deflated look, he secretly laughed in his heart. It turns out that you too will have such a day.

He said: "When the people from Jingzhou arrive, they will summon the two parties and we will talk with both parties."

As soon as these words came out, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun looked even weirder.

Let’s talk together?

How dare you think about it.

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Being honest and honest doesn't make me more magnanimous."

It's strange that the two of them have a different understanding of each other. How often has Yuan Xi not been able to get up early without any benefit?

However, this method is too harsh, and I'm afraid Jingzhou Jiangdong will have a headache by then.

Two days later, Jingzhou indeed sent people over. Several people came to visit Yuan Xi first. After they left, Yuan Xi said to Zhuge Liang on the side: "These people all seem to be good. Who does the military advisor like the most?"

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment and said, "It's a pity that Pang Shiyuan hasn't arrived yet, otherwise he would be the best among the three."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It is true that this person is talented, but among the people who came this time, there is one person who I think is very good."

Although he asked the three Jingzhou families to come by name, and the other party did send people, the people whose names were left behind either had a high status in the family and were not suitable to come in person, or were still young and unsuitable for officialdom at this time.

For example, this is the case with the Ma family. Ma Liang is only twelve years old at this time and Ma Di is only eight years old. They will not appear in the envoys anyway.

Among the Pang family, Pang Tong, the righteous son of Pang De, had not arrived, nor had Pang Shanmin, the legitimate son of Pang De, who married Zhuge Liang's second sister. They must have seen the past experience of Kuai Yue being left out, so they were unwilling to bring trouble on themselves.

What surprised Yuan Xi was that the Yang family sent an unknown person over.

Not Yang Yi, but Yang Yong.

Although Yang Yong was not as well-known as Yang Yi in later generations, he was quite conscientious in his actions and knew how to speak out and give advice. He served successively as the governor of Bajun, the chief administrator of the prime minister, and the subordinate of the prime minister Dongcao. He was obviously deeply trusted by Zhuge Liang.

But calculating the time, Yang Yi and Yang Yong did not become an official until around the 16th year of Jian'an. Now they appeared ten years earlier, so they should not be very old.

Yuan Xi felt ridiculous when he thought that his subordinate Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun had been poached by him even before he was a weakling. He single-handedly lowered the average age of his subordinates, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Because both Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun were a little immature compared to their peak years in later generations, and the average age of Cao Cao's advisers was older. In addition, Cao Cao himself had been immersed in officialdom for many years and was more experienced.

What Yuan Xi can do now is to try his best to give the two of them experience, and at the same time let Jushou Guo Jia teach them his experience as much as possible. In this regard, it seems that Jushou is much better than Guo Jia.

Yuan Xi discovered that Guo Jia and Zhuge's appearance was extremely poor. Although they were masters and disciples, they often had completely different stances on one thing. For this reason, the two often argued fiercely.

However, Zhuge Liang's talent for poisonous tongue began to show, and he could make Guo Jia very angry with just a few words. The relationship between master and disciple can be said to be very unusual. Early the next morning, the Jingzhou envoy and the Jiangdong envoy came to Yuan Xi's official residence at the same time, and met at the door. The two sides looked at each other with strange expressions. This fierce tiger was too careless in doing things, how could he be like this!

Zhang Zhao and Kuai Yue, the leaders of the two parties, were even more embarrassed. A year ago, the two sides were fighting to the death. Lu Meng, Han Dang and others fought several battles with the Jingzhou Army in Jiangxia. Both sides suffered many casualties and formed a deadly feud. Neither side had any The thought of one day sitting in the same room negotiating.

The key problem is that the two sides don't want to talk about peace at all, and it was Yuan Xi who forced the two sides to come together!

Whether Zhang Zhao and Kuai Yue scolded Yuan Xi all over their hearts, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun who greeted them at the door of the mansion didn't know. They were secretly observing their expressions at this time.

Because Yuan Xi said that Kuai Yue and Zhang Zhao should be pro-Cao faction.

The two of them didn't know where the basis for Yuan Xi's guess came from, but Yuan Xi would not make a judgment without reason, so today's arrangement was a big drama from the beginning.

And for the finale of this drama, Yuan Xi also prepared a trump card.

Thinking of Yuan Xi's bad idea, even Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun couldn't help but smile bitterly. Their lord was really wilted.

At this time, Yuan Xi came out with a cheerful face, holding Kuai Yue in one hand and Zhang Zhao in the other, and said happily: "I have met these two gentlemen."

"We are all guests from afar, please come in quickly!"

Kuai Yue couldn't help being dragged by Yuan Xi, and he complained in his heart, why are you a guest from far away? I have been here a long time ago, and I have met you several times, but you have been ignored for more than half a month, okay?

Zhang Zhao looked constipated. Before he could introduce himself, Yuan Xi grabbed his hand and dragged Zhang Zhao into the room like a chicken. Zhang Zhao was confused. For a moment, he was in a daze, as if the executioner was dragging him to the execution ground.

Yuan Xi dragged the two of them and walked quickly inside, with Kuai Yue and Zhang Zhao stumbling behind him, followed by the members of the envoy who looked hopeless.

After Yuan Xi introduced everyone into the hall, he introduced everyone to sit down. Yuan Xi then spoke and sighed: "Everyone has arrived, but Xi did not entertain me well. Please forgive me."

"The reason why he is in such a hurry is because Xi has something urgent to do and is in a hurry to leave Shouchun, so he can only talk to both parties at the same time."

"We all knew the basics before, so I'll get straight to the point. There are no eternal enemies in the world. If we continue to fight now, we will only let others benefit. It is really unwise."

"I'm here to express my position. Those who drink the water from the Yangtze River are all good brothers. How about turning the hostility into friendship?"

Kuai Yue and Zhang Zhao complained at the same time, Brother God, have you ever seen brothers beaten like this?

However, they immediately thought of the current situation of the three sons of the Yuan family, and suddenly felt that they had figured out the leverage with Yuan Xi. Zhang Zhao's mind suddenly changed. Yuan Xi was anxious to express his position. There might be something urgent. Is this right? Does it mean that he can mediate and gain some benefits for Jiangdong?

As a result, Yuan Xi slammed his palm on the table, making a loud noise, which made everyone jump.

Yuan Xi said sadly: "What a pity!"

Kuai Yue laughed dryly and said, "What regrets do you have?"

Yuan Xi saw someone complimenting him and took the opportunity to say: "What I deplore is because some people are deceived by villains and attack their original allies!"

"Mr. Zibu!"

This sound was like a thunderclap, which shocked Zhang Zhaolei, who was a little distracted. He couldn't help but let out a cry, and then said: "What advice do you have?"

Yuan Xi spoke up: "Mr. Zibu, I heard that General Sun criticized me a lot, and he suspects that I was the one who instigated the assassination of Marquis Sun. Is this true?"

After hearing this, Zhang Zhao laughed dryly and said, "It's absolutely not the case, my lord."

Yuan Xi spoke up: "Then why did he sneak attack on the important town behind me while I was attacking Cao Cao?"

Zhang Zhao felt bitter in his mouth. What should he say?

In fact, the reason why Sun Quan used troops against Wancheng was because Li Shu took in many scholars who were making trouble in Jiangdong, but this excuse obviously cannot be used now, because Jiangdong has attacked more than one city.

His inner thoughts were tacitly understood, so was it necessary to ask openly?

As a result, Kuai Yue said in a strange manner: "Actually, Yue also wants to know why Jiangdong attacked Jiangxia several times. Is Liu Shijun offended, or is General Huang (Zu) doing something wrong?"

Zhang Zhao said okay, it turns out you guys had discussed it in advance to deal with me together!

Then today is my Hongmen Banquet. Is the secretive negotiation still necessary?

He did not dare to refute Yuan Xi, but that did not mean that he was angry with Kuai Yue. He said calmly: "Jiangxia is the territory owned by the Sun family. Why not take it back?"

"On the contrary, Marquis Sun died for helping the Han Dynasty and welcoming the emperor. But Liu Jingsheng remained unmoved in the face of all parties. What do you think?"

Seeing that the two of them were fighting immediately, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun were both trying hard to hold back the smiles on their faces. Yuan Xi was really bad, and the beauty was that even though Zhang Zhao and Kuai Yue, who were surrendering factions, both tended to be with Cao Cao, But they don't know each other.

So the two will try their best to prevent each other from forming an alliance with Yuan Xi, so they will definitely undermine each other, and now this has been confirmed.

(End of this chapter)