Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 889 Feng Shui Treasure Land
Seeing Yuan Xi's inquiry, Zhuge Liang said seriously: "Liang cannot deny that the emperor's mental skills do have their effect."

"But mental skills are skills after all, not Tao. They cannot bring food, win battles, and cannot bring virtue to the world."

"It is impossible for ministers to be unaware of the emperor's manipulation of power. If the superiors are good at it, the subordinates will follow suit."

"What kind of emperor there is, there are also what kind of ministers. If the emperor only uses power to govern the temple, the ministers will inevitably follow suit. When the time comes, the consequences of playing with power will come back to the emperor sooner or later!"

"As the emperor, you should indeed know the ways of maneuvering, but this is for the emperor to rely on to judge the loyalty and treachery of his ministers, not to make the ministers become treacherous!"

After hearing this, Yuan Xi stood up, bowed, and said solemnly: "The words of the military advisor are like thunder in the ears, Xiding will remember them carefully."

He thought that Zhuge Liang was really quite different from Guo Jia. If it were Guo Jia, he would only wish that the officials would fall into the trap and then gloat at their misfortune, right?

Zhuge Liang nodded and said with great satisfaction: "My lord, he is so obedient to Liang. He does not just deal with Liang verbally, but will prove it with actual actions later. This makes Liang quite gratified."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "If I hadn't known that Qingzhou is inseparable from military advisors during this period, I would really want to take military advisors to Bingzhou."

"What do the military advisors think about the Southern Xiongnu?"

"Gu Liang suggested that attacking the heart should be the priority, and attacking the city as a supplement."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Yuan Xi was surprised and said: "Is there anything else?"

Because among the old Jizhou tribes, in terms of generals alone, Chunyu Qiong had the highest status. In every battle, he was in charge of an army alone, and he was also highly regarded by Yuan Shao.

After hearing the news, some officials were happy, while others were worried. Should they give gifts?

The officials who were about to leave Huang County received another order from Yuan Xi, saying that the banquet that was originally canceled had been resumed, and all officials were asked to attend the banquet on time.

How to treat them also represents Yuan Xi's attitude towards the Yingchuan clique among Jizhou officials.

Yuan Xi sighed: "Go, come with me and have a look."

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "Liang's idea is not mature yet. He needs to think about it for a few days before replying to my lord."

"My lord's subordinates, Tian Yu, Yan Rou and others, are more familiar with the Hu people in the north than Liang. My lord can ask more questions from them."

"Is he in Huang County now?"

"But one thing Liang is sure of is that for these hundreds of thousands of Southern Huns, force alone is not enough. Even if they are suppressed for a while, they will come back sooner or later."

Zhuge Liang said: "On this point, Liang has one more thing to report to my lord."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi nodded and said, "I understand."

What was even more troublesome at this time was the magistrate of Huang County, Bu Zhao, who led Yuan Xi to see Chunyu Qiong.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Chun Yuqiong is now in the mansion arranged by Liang."

"What does he mean?"

"Should I go visit Chunyu Qiong next?"

It is actually quite difficult for Yuan Xi to deal with this kind of Yuan Shao's old subordinates. If the position given is low, the old people in Jizhou will feel that they have lost face. If the position given is high, Yuan Xi's direct subordinates will also have ideas.

Another group of people heard that Yuan Xi had gone to Chunyu Qiong's residence, and they all craned their necks to wait for the news.

Moreover, Chunyu Qiong was from Yingchuan, and almost all of this faction defected to Cao Cao, including Xinpi. However, this group of people had a large number of people in various factions, including Jizhou officials.

He was asking sincerely. After all, from the experience of later generations, Zhuge Liang had a very good policy towards the Southern Barbarians. He conquered the hearts of the Southern Barbarians through various methods and accomplished what his predecessors had not done. Unfortunately, after Zhuge Liang's death, the Shu Kingdom Failure to grasp the essence of Zhuge Liang's foreign policy led to the Nanman rebellion.

Bu Zhi couldn't figure it out. He went to Xuzhou to seek refuge with Chen Deng, but he didn't know how he was assigned to be the county magistrate in Qingzhou!
He does not feel that his official position is low, especially in Huang County, an important place located at the mouth of the Yellow River in Qingzhou. As a county magistrate, the test is very demanding. Not to mention daily affairs, this time he was appointed as an official. The stallion is responsible for contacting hundreds of officials, arranging accommodation as much as possible, assembling an entourage, and ensuring that they are available when called. It is an extremely difficult task, let alone meeting Yuan Xi's unrestrained and ever-changing requirements!
Originally, a banquet was going to be held as usual, but Yuan Xi said he couldn't bear it at first. Bu Zhi just breathed a sigh of relief when he received another order saying that the banquet in the evening would go on as usual. Bu Zhi's head got bigger all of a sudden because it was prepared for him. There are only three or four hours left!

Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance. Although he did not prepare food and tableware in advance, he had already greeted the restaurants and shops in the city and made certain responses.

Now that he heard the order, he quickly sent people to various taverns to borrow tableware and cooks. At the same time, because the tableware came from more than a dozen restaurants, the sizes were different, and they had to be classified according to the grade of the officials. Fortunately, Bu Zhi had prepared the officials in advance. List, arranged one by one.

This will waste a lot of time, but the money for purchasing food is also a large expenditure. Now the Huang County treasury can't get it at all, which stumps Bu Zhi. It's not that he has nothing to do, but he is very sure of these things. All methods will be displeasing to Yuan Xi.

While he was catching the blind man, Zhuge Liang came over and said to Bu Zhi, "The envoy is going to see Chunyu Qiong. You come to lead the way."

Bu Zhao's head grew louder upon hearing this, and he smiled bitterly and said, "The military advisor is trying to drive me crazy."

Zhuge Liang asked about the situation and said with a smile: "I have already made arrangements for such a small matter." "Didn't an official give you a gift before?"

"Exchange their gifts for food."

After hearing this, Bu Zhao sighed in admiration: "So it should be here."

Then he wondered: "There are some rather valuable things inside..."

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said: "We sold them all. They were reluctant to part with them, so we asked them to redeem them. Since we can give them away, it proves that we must have the money to buy them back and teach them a lesson."

Bu Zhao wiped his sweat and said, "What if there are other things in it instead of wealth?"

Zhuge Liang was startled and asked in confusion: "What did you give me?"

Bu Zhi looked embarrassed, "I didn't have any money, so I just gave him a message..."

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he patted Bu Zhi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I don't hate this kind of thing. I will give it to you when the time comes."

Bu Zhi quickly thanked him, and arranged the chores for his subordinates, preparing to follow Zhuge Liang out. When Zhuge Liang saw that Bu Zhi and his subordinates were talking to each other, Zhuge Liang saw that several of his subordinates responded very well, so he said: "Zishan, these subordinates are quite good. You’re so psychic, where did you find it?”

Bu Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "They are all my clansmen. Because I couldn't find anyone reliable at the moment, I didn't arrange official positions for them. I just kept them by my side."

Zhuge Liang heard this and said: "It is not necessary to avoid suspicion when doing internal affairs. There are many of my lord's subordinates who are related to him, so they have not missed the point."

"What's more, they don't have official status, how can they deliver official documents and orders in a legitimate manner?"

"You can make your own decisions and give them suitable official positions based on their talents."

This was what Bu Zhi was waiting for. He thanked Zhuge Liang immediately and said, "If you have any requests in the future, just say it. You won't be punished for your words, and you don't have to go out of your way to show it to me like you did today."

Bu Zhi hurriedly apologized, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said: "Let's go see the envoy."

Not long after, Bu Zhi was at least leading the way. Yuan Xi, Zhuge and others were behind. Yuan Xi asked: "What is the whole story of Chunyu Qiong's matter?"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Bu Zhi, who hurriedly said: "The thing is like this. Chunyu Qiong was recuperating in the city a few days ago. When he was drinking in a restaurant, he made a drunken mistake and said that he was drunk on the night of the Yecheng breakout. If we are unable to lead the army, we will be blocked by Cao's army, otherwise the Jizhou army would not have killed so many people."

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Xi thought deeply. If this was true, Chunyu Qiong's prestige among the old Jizhou tribe would be seriously damaged, but Yuan Xi could not punish him. After all, he was Yuan Shang's subordinate at the time and was not under Yuan Xi's control. No matter, but in this case, how to appoint him in the future is quite questionable.

At this time, Zhang He said from behind: "I think what he said is untrue."

Yuan Xi turned around and asked, "Why did Junyi say that?"

Zhang He said: "On that day, I, Chunyu Qiong, Gao Lan and others escorted Mr. Xianfu to break out. Although Chunyu Qiong was indeed unable to charge forward, it was probably due to his unrecovered injuries and not because of drinking."

Yuan Xi spoke up: "Then Junyi thinks, if he really didn't drink, why would he say that?"

Zhang He was silent for a while, "He felt that he was either trying to save face or he was desecrating himself."

"Self-defilation?" Yuan Xi said: "Junyi thinks he doesn't want to be used by me?"

Zhang He hesitated for a moment, "I really don't know, I need to answer him face to face."

Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Okay, then I will listen to his explanation in person."

He thought that everyone who came from Yingchuan had such a good character, but it was no wonder that there were not many simple people from this place.

Xun's Xun Chen, Xun Yu and Xun You, Guo's Guo Jia Guo Tu, Xin's Xin Ping and Xin Pi. In addition, the play Zhicai Chen Qun Zhong Yao, Xu Shu Sima Hui, Du Xi Zhao Yan and others all came from this place. It is said that these people greatly influenced the direction of the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty.

Yuan Xi couldn't help but envied Cao Cao's luck. The Yanzhou and Yuzhou he occupied was really a geomantic treasure.

However, some people don't think so.

This was the case with Mrs. Bian. While enduring the nagging of Cao Cao's concubines, she thought irritably that people from Yuzhou are all troublesome people!
Mrs. Ding has returned to her hometown, leaving this mess to herself. These dozen concubines are vying for favor, and they come to her from time to time to complain and complain. Why don’t these bitches open their eyes and see that the person your husband favors is in the spotlight now, how can it be you? Can these things be compared?
You are really screwed up in your head, and you still come to me to seek justice. I will help you to deliver shitty justice!

But speaking of it, my husband has really doted on Mrs. Liu recently. Is it probably because of other factors besides appearance?
At this time, Cao Cao was working hard in the house. After a violent shaking, he lay exhausted on Mrs. Liu's belly, panting.

After a while, he smiled and said, "How do I compare to Yuan Benchu?"

Mrs. Liu pretended to be satisfied, but she was cursing secretly in her heart. Don't you know what's going on in your heart?

(End of this chapter)