Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 855 Don’t worry about it

Yu Jin was born in Taishan County, and when he took refuge with Cao Cao, he took his own tribe with him. This was also the prerequisite for powerful and good landowners to join the princes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and be reused.

These tribes are the domestic slaves of the powerful landowners. The slaves of their users have been slaves for generations. They exist as the powerful private soldiers. Of course, the powerful landlords must also provide them with weapons and equipment, and even the money and food that their families rely on to make a living. To put it bluntly, These people were vassal slaves who entrusted their wealth and lives to powerful landlords.

Although it is cruel to be a slave for generations, the background of these people joining the past is that almost all of them were forced to sell themselves during the famine years when they could not survive. Anyway, no matter how bad it is, it is better than death.

Moreover, it is not impossible for a domestic slave to turn over. If he makes great contributions to his master's family, he may be rewarded and get rid of his slave status. The most effective way is to join the army.

There are the most opportunities on the battlefield. As long as you make contributions to your master's family, you will not only be able to get rid of your slave status, but also be more likely to become a prosperous person, directly transcending the class of ordinary people, obtain land and other rewards through military exploits, and step into a good family, even a landlord, or even The class ranks of the gentry are not impossible.

This situation is not an isolated case. Since the Han Dynasty, countless people have been so successful. The most dazzling example is Wei Qing.

Although there are reasons for being related, we have to admit that without his great achievements on the battlefield, Wei Qing would be nothing more than an ordinary guard holding Jinwu.

Of course, going to the battlefield is risky, and the mortality rate is extremely high, but without this path, slaves of rich families will almost never be able to stand up for generations. Therefore, since this is almost the only channel for class advancement, there are not a few slaves who are willing to take risks.

Of course, the treatment as the master's private soldiers is much better than that of ordinary slaves. After all, they are the most trustworthy people of the master. When the master's family is in danger, they must protect the master's family with life and death. After all, domestic slaves All the family members are under the rule of the master's family, and all will suffer losses and all will be prosperous.

In order to repay their loyalty, the host family also tried its best to reward them and their families with the best conditions. This kind of expense was not a small amount, so only wealthy landowners could afford it.

Of course, Sun Ce's methods were too unsightly, so he was assassinated and died. Although Cao Cao was obviously the most suspected, who knew that there were no other Jiangdong families in the climate?

This is why after Sun Quan came to power, he openly bribed but actually suppressed the Jiangdong gentry. He didn't want to repeat Sun Ce's mistakes, so he began to use all his methods to manipulate the families.

His family in Taishan County became increasingly weak during the several wars in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and many of Buqu's family members were also affected. As a result, Buqu was also panic-stricken, but he couldn't do anything and fought for territory. There is no reason for someone with his surname to stand up and comment on this kind of thing. People will only be suspicious of it.

The most typical of these is the close alliance formed by the Xiahou family of the Cao family that Cao Cao relied on and was connected by blood.

In this sense, the Sun family that leads Jiangdong is actually more similar to the existence of the alliance leader. This is why Sun Ce uses extreme means to suppress other local wealthy families to prevent them from shaking his weak ruling foundation.

The Jiangdong nobles have not yet realized Sun Quan's methods, but now Yu Jin deeply feels that he is drifting away from Cao Cao.

Therefore, the number and strength of private soldiers directly determine the status and official position of generals under the princes. For example, Yu Jin's family provided hundreds or even nearly a thousand private soldiers to Yu Jin. This is also a kind of bet on the family's part. .

Moreover, Yu Jin was responsible for almost all the hard work of attacking the city first, and the casualty rate of soldiers was extremely high. Although Yu Jin treated me very well and had all the soldiers and armor, but when the fight was fierce, all the soldiers were on the battlefield. Who can say that he will survive?

Under this situation, it was difficult for Yu Jin's troops to be replenished, and their numbers were gradually decreasing. In recent battles, especially the one where he was surrounded by Yuan Tan, his troops suffered heavy casualties, which made Yu Jin extremely anxious.

The number of chapters will directly affect whether he can become a responsible member of the party in the future. Now it seems that various factors are intentionally or unintentionally making him farther and farther away from expectations.

This is also the reason why the generals of the main family want to be granted the title of marquis. After becoming a marquis, they will have a fief. Having a fief means that they can raise more private soldiers, and they are more likely to make further achievements and obtain more titles and fiefs. .

All he can do is to be honest and do his job properly.

Correspondingly, Yu Jin also has to repay the family's investment and expectations. The fate of the two is closely related. This is the tribe system in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Although it has many shortcomings, we have to admit that it is such families who support it behind the scenes. Only the generals in front of the stage can enable the princes to gather a team capable of conquering the world.

But Yu Jin couldn't look back. After all, he was under Cao Cao's rule, and his family was also in Cao Cao's territory. It was impossible to change the family, otherwise his foundation would be directly cut off.

The second is Jiangdong. Almost most of the soldiers in Jiangdong are tribes of various large clans, such as Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Dong Xi and Huang Gai.

As the leader of Jiangdong, the Sun family was pushed to the forefront because it had the largest number of tribes.

He looked at Qingyang City in the distance, where Yuan Tan refused to defend, sighed, and led his soldiers to surround it with Cao Cao's army.

Not only did the Sun family have a large number of tribal soldiers obtained from Yuan Shu, but their relatives, the Wu family, were also a large family in Jiangdong. The Wu family, headed by Wu Jing, the governor of Yuzhou, and others, was not much less powerful than the Sun family. When the two families were married, the Wu family When his wife married Sun Jian, the Wu family was also considering joining forces.

To be fair, if one throws away Sun Quan's ability to fight externally, he took over Jiangdong in a precarious situation and spent decades eradicating almost all the forces that might threaten him. This kind of political skill was very important during the Three Kingdoms period. Generally speaking, there are no more than three people who are stronger than him.

However, Cao Cao personally led the army. Under his full attack, Yuan Tan's army was caught off guard and lost half of it. Yuan Tan ordered his men to withdraw from the camp and all entered Qingyang City at the rear.

Cao Cao's army rushed into Yuan Tan's camp and counted the food and supplies that they had not taken away. After a while, someone reported to Cao Cao that a tied-up man was found in one of the camps. He also said that he had an old relationship with Cao Cao.

After hearing this, Cao Cao took Xu Chu and other personal guards to see him, and found that it turned out to be Guo Tu! Guo Tu saw it and said quickly: "Tu can see Mr. Cao!"

Cao Cao was quite surprised. The way Guo Tu was tied up seemed to have exposed his identity, but Yuan Tan didn't kill him?

Seeing that Guo Tu wanted to speak, he quickly asked the other guards to go out, leaving Xu Chu alone. At the same time, he stepped forward and said, "Why is Gongze in such a situation?"

There was a hint of shame on Guo Tu's face. He didn't expect that Yuan Tan would let him go before retreating!

He clearly saw that Yuan Tan obviously had murderous intentions at that time. The other party pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword several times, and finally let it go.

Yuan Tan sighed and said to Guo Tu: "Although everything you do has bad intentions, if I don't agree with your actions in my heart, why would I listen to your ideas?"

"In the final analysis, I took the wrong path first. Now that things are irreversible, it is useless to kill you. Considering that you have done so much for me over the years, I will spare your life."

"When I meet Cao Cao, please bring me a message."

"Let's forget about the marriage between the two families and give my daughter back."

After Yuan Tan left with Xin Ping and others, Guo Tu was still a little stunned. Did the other party really let him go like this?

Although he knew that the main reason was that Yuan Tan was interceding for his daughter and did not want to completely break up with Cao Cao, Guo Tu still felt so ashamed that he let his tolerance go, so much so that when he recounted Yuan Tan's words in front of Cao Cao, They are all trying to excuse Yuan Tan.

After hearing Guo Tu's words, Cao Cao's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed: "Gong Ze seems to be a little reluctant to leave Yuan Tan."

Guo Tu said shyly: "After all, it was me who betrayed him. For Ming Gong, I will do my best. I hope Ming Gong can..."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao nodded and said, "I understand, Gongze, you can go ahead with peace of mind."

Guo Tu's mind was pounding, "What did Ming Gong say?"

"Did I hear wrongly?"

Seeing Cao Cao's gloomy expression, he panicked, "I have done so many things for Duke Ming, and I have never failed him. Why do you do this to me?"

He immediately understood that many things here were extremely dirty and dirty, including Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang's Five Stone Powder, Yuan Xi's assassination, and Pang Ji's death. These things would never be allowed to spread!

And more than that, I am afraid that the Yingchuan forces in Cao's camp are too strong. There are already the Xun family and the Chen family. If he joins the Guo family, Cao Cao is afraid that the Yingchuan nobles will unite, right?

After Guo Tu figured it out, his face suddenly turned pale and he murmured: "That's it, that's it."

"I was too stupid."

Cao Cao winked, and Xu Chu stepped forward and put his arm around Guo Tu's neck.

Guo Tu struggled for a while and used his last strength to shout: "Ming Gong, my family"

Cao Cao looked sad and said, "Your wife, I will take care of her."

The next moment, there was a click, and Guo Tu's neck was twisted, and a slight whooshing sound came from his throat. Then the sound stopped suddenly, and his head hung softly.

Xu Chu let go of his hand, and Guo Tu's body fell to the ground like a dead pig, without any breath.

Cao Cao strode out of the camp and looked at Qingyang City in the distance. Yuan Tan had lost more than half of his troops, and the wall of Qingyang City was not high, so it should be easy to defeat. Now that Yuan Shang was about to die, and Yuan Tan was killed by himself again, Yuan's Only the fierce tiger Yuan Xi who poses the greatest threat is left.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao breathed a long sigh of relief. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were definitely not allowed to stay. They were both from the Yuan family, and they would eventually collude with each other. Now that he had eliminated these two hidden dangers, he could concentrate on dealing with the fierce tiger. !

He looked at Qingyang, at Anping County, at Jizhou, at Youzhou, and even at the whole world.

Next, he will prove that he is the one who ends the troubled times, and all obstacles that stand in his way will be removed one by one!

(End of this chapter)