Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 97 The Prophecy Happened
Yuan Xi leaned against the carriage wall, his limbs relaxed.

Seeing it, Wu Zhao leaned forward, put both hands on Yuan Xi's temples, and rubbed them lightly.

Yuan Xi felt Wu Zhao's softness trembling on his shoulders, and he couldn't help feeling a little distracted. He quickly calmed down and said, "When I was in Beixincheng, I used to do it all the time, but when I returned to Yecheng, it became a mouthful."

Wu Zhao said with a smile: "War in the battlefield, use strategy in front of the stand, and fight with your mouth."

Yuan Xi was stunned: "The number of battles is too many, it's really not as good as farming in Youzhou."

Wu Zhao sighed, "But if you don't fight, you can't farm with peace of mind."

Yuan Xi was deeply touched: "That's true, only the people can store food, and others can also store troops, but in the end they still get nothing."

"In the end, it's the battlefield that has the final say."

Wu Zhao said softly: "I believe that you are more qualified than others to end the troubled times."

"What about after the troubled times?" Yuan Xi asked suddenly, "What if there is another Han Lingdi?"

Wu Zhao was startled, "Then..."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Having a child is like opening a blind box. No one knows what his father will look like after his death."

"And so is the emperor."

Wu Zhao asked curiously, "What is a blind box?"

Yuan Xi just came to his senses and explained: "Similar to..."

"gamble?"

"You never know if the dice under the bowl is one or six."

Wu Zhao chuckled: "I can understand it when you say that."

"As you said, a ruler is a ruler, and a minister is a minister. If you are unlucky and meet a foolish ruler, the world will suffer."

Yuan Xi shook his head: "There is no eternal dynasty. Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that the one who replaced the Han should be Tu Gao. Obviously, he understands it better than the descendants of later generations."

Wu Zhao laughed and said, "It's this prophecy that made the third son think hard about dealing with you."

Yuan Xi wanted to sigh: "This Yecheng is really depressing, and the people in Beixincheng are kind. I kind of want to go back."

me too.

Wu Zhao thought to himself.

Because that's where we met.

She was a little envious of Zhen Mi, who would be able to stand upright with Yuan Xi in the future, while she could only hide in the dark.

But this is fine now, if you really want to restore your identity, the Wei family will take him back.

Wu Zhao didn't want to be like this. Everyone close to him died, and if he cared about himself, Yuan Xi might be the only one in the world.

In the future, no matter how many concubines he has or how many people like him, he doesn't care.

Just being by his side is enough.

The two returned to Yuan's Mansion, but they saw officials and guards coming in and out from time to time inside and outside the gate of the mansion, obviously something happened.

Yuan Xi brought Wu Zhao into the mansion, but saw Yuan Shao hurried out with several advisors.

Seeing Yuan Xi, Yuan Shao showed a strange look on his face, and said, "Xian Yi, you hit the mark again."

"A large locust plague occurred in Sili, and it came very quickly, and it has already entered Jizhou and Yanzhou."

"A few days ago, I urged the counties and counties to harvest the autumn grain early. In some places, the gentry obeyed and obeyed, and they were the ones who suffered in the end."

"But this time, you have done a good job again. I want to meet the strange man behind you when I have time."

"You come with me now."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Xi explained a few words to Wu Zhao, and then went out with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang followed behind Yuan Shao, gnashing his teeth, there really is an expert behind Yuan Xi!

Yuan Xi pretended not to notice, his third younger brother was on the edge of his horn, and he couldn't do anything to him for the time being, so he treated it as being stared at by a dog.

Yuan Shao took Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang together, summoned officials and counselors from all sides, and at the same time arranged for soldiers to send orders to various places in Jizhou to report urgently, ordering to harvest wheat immediately.

Within a few days, the locust plague swept across the entire territory of Jizhou and Yanzhou, and rushed into Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Wherever it went, there was no growth and no crops.

Yuan Xi sorted out the disaster reports from all over the place, and felt a little uncomfortable. The locust plague really happened. Now, many people will be displaced and have a difficult winter.

As for not informing the world of the locust plague in advance, he doesn't have this sense of guilt.

He owes nothing to the world, he can only do what he can do at the moment.

If this is the case, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao should start a riot, and it is the limit of Yuan Xi's ability to save hundreds of thousands of people from dying in Xuzhou.

He sorted out the bamboo tubes, asked Tian Feng who was beside him a few questions, then sat down, took out a brush, and began to record the response to the locust plague on it.

Yuan Shao launched disaster relief to prevent instability in Jizhou, but also to buy people's hearts. After all, if the grain cannot be harvested, there will be a lot of big troubles in the future.

Yuan Xi picked up a pen and wrote the money and food coordination affairs of all parties, feeling more and more proficient.

In the past few days, he followed Yuan Shao's advisers and relatives to deal with the locust disaster, and learned a lot of things that Beixincheng could not touch.

The operation of the bureaucratic system, how the upper and lower parties implement it, the role of various official positions, the suggestions and suggestions of counselors, and how to distinguish whether they can be adopted are all things Yuan Xi has never learned before.

Now that he already knows the operating rules of the county, even if he becomes the lord of a place in the future, he will be barely competent.

Yuan Xi understood that this was Yuan Shao's intention to train himself.

This was achieved by Yuan Xi himself.

Although being drugged by Yuan Shang once, Yuan Shao may be a little disappointed with Yuan Xi's failure, but Yuan Xi has already moved Yuan Shao in other aspects.

The three-year trip to Beixincheng and Xuzhou proved that he has the ability to command battles.

Predicting the chaos in Yecheng and the locust plague shows that he has the strategy and decision-making of a counselor.

Yuan Xi reckoned that in Yuan Shao's heart, the evaluation of himself now was not as good as that of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, but he had already begun to be valued and cultivated himself with heart.

It is estimated that Yuan Shang will hate himself more and more now.

Sure enough, when Yuan Xi returned to the mansion, Yuan Shao ordered someone to come to him and go to the study.

When Yuan Xi met Liu Shi and Yuan Shang on the road, Yuan Xi respectfully saluted, and Yuan Shang's mother and son returned the salute with a smile.

When Yuan Xi lowered his head, he clearly heard the faint voice of Liu's gnashing of teeth.

He bowed to send Yuan Shang's mother and son away, feeling a headache in his heart, the mother and son seemed not to give up yet.

He had a premonition that Mrs. Liu would definitely obstruct her marriage with Zhen Mi.

This was the most troublesome part for Yuan Xi. No matter how Yuan Shang targeted him, he could counterattack a little, so he would not be helpless.

But Mrs. Liu can't.

She is her mother in name, and in this era when filial piety rules the world, her will must never be disobeyed.

Especially regarding the Zhen family's marriage, if Mrs. Liu is determined not to let Yuan Xi marry Zhen Mi, Yuan Xi really can't think of any way to deal with it.

Although Yuan Xi admits that he is greedy for Zhen Mi's body, it is the Zhen family's property that is equally attractive to him.

That was the starting point for transforming the future Youzhou into a rich granary, and he would never give it up to others.

Similarly, if Yuan Shang controlled the Zhen family, he would be able to have tens of thousands more troops.

Both brothers understand this, so neither of them will give up until the end.

Yuan Xi was a little annoyed, damn it, if that's the case, why not just assassinate Mrs. Liu?
The simplest and most brutal method is often effective, but it also has serious consequences. If someone finds out, Yuan Xi will lose everything, including Youzhou, including the Zhen family.

So unless he had to, he didn't want to go this way.

Yuan Xi's headache became more and more serious, marrying a wife can't get around the orders of his parents!

Not only marriage, but also land.

No matter how well he built Youzhou, Yuan Shao could take back Youzhou with just a word, and he had no ability to resist his father's order.

That's why he wanted to leave the Yuan family as soon as possible to adopt him.

If he adopts Yuan Ji's branch, although Yuan Shao will lose a lot of support, the father-son relationship still exists after all.

The biggest benefit is that Yuan Ji's family is dead, and after the adoption, he will become the head of Yuan Ji's family, and no one will hinder him from doing anything!
At that time, between him and Yuan Shao, it will be Patriarch to Patriarch.

At that time, if you really want to tear your face apart, Madam Liu will be killed if she kills her. Even if she is exposed, she doesn't have to bear the reputation of being unfilial.

Just like Yuan Shao's relationship with Yuan Shu now, it's just a conflict within the family.

So even if Yuan Xi has a lot of hole cards now, he can't show them, lest he make a wedding dress for others.

Only after adopting and actually obtaining Youzhou can he play all his cards and improve his strength in the shortest possible time.

Yuan Xi walked to the door of Yuan Shao's study, knocked on the door, there was a cough from inside, and Yuan Shao's voice came: "Come in."

Yuan Xi opened the door and saw Yuan Shao was kneeling on the couch, he went in and closed the door, bowed and said: "I have seen Father."

Yuan Shao nodded: "Sit."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi took off his shoes and was about to kneel down on the spot, Yuan Shao said: "Go to the couch."

Yuan Xi was a little surprised, but he went to the bed as he said, and knelt down facing Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was silent for a while, then sighed: "You have done a lot in the past three years, and I don't know how to talk about it."

"Do you know that there are some things, but if you are treasonous, I can kill you!"

Yuan Xi's heart skipped a beat, but his expression didn't move at all, "If that's the case, the child should be slaughtered by the neck."

Yuan Shao laughed angrily: "I, Yuan Benchu, why did I give birth to your scoundrel's son, just like that of Cao Mengde when he was young!"

Yuan Xi said softly: "I want to teach my father to know that everything I do is for the Yuan family."

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, "Even if you take Qu Yi in?"

Yuan Xi thought that Yuan Shao knew everything, and said, "Father should understand that Qu Yi has nothing to do with the chaos in Ye City."

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "Of course I understand, but Bingliang's military generals can't lose their tails, just like Lu Bu, although he took refuge in me, he still plundered the people of Jizhou from time to time, which affected the reputation of my Yuan family, so no matter how much he can fight, he can't stay."

"Qu Yi's first ascendant dead man only listens to his orders, who will be able to restrain him in the future?"

"Instead of you doing it, it's better for me to do it first."

Yuan Xi was silent, and said slowly: "This is not fair."

"How can there be justice in the world?" Yuan Shao shouted: "If the mustard moss disease is not eradicated, it will only become a heartache!"

"Just like Cao Mengde, who received tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers. It seems to be a good sight, but it can't be completely suppressed, so every battle is just to appease them."

"Given time, it will become a serious disaster."

Yuan Xi thought that Yuan Shao was very accurate.

But father, you didn't persist until that day.

(End of this chapter)