Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 144 Early Winter
Although it sounds like a dream talk, in the early winter of the first year of Chuping, the land of Kyushu, which had been noisy for a long time, did indeed fall silent.

Including Xiliang, which had just ended the war, in the vast territory from Youzhou in the north to Jiaozhou in the south, at least there was no major move by the coalition forces to challenge Dong. Although the disintegrated alliance began to explore attacking each other, they were still shy after all. It's just a small fuss.

Looking at it, it seems that this will be a rare peaceful life.

However, as the autumn harvests in various places gradually come to an end, many people are gearing up and want to claim their ambitions in the world. Among these people, Xu Jiashu, who has captured half of Anding County, is not particularly impressive - at least among the eldest princess. This was the case before His Highness's banner truly spread throughout the world.

Everyone raised their heads and focused on the protagonists on the stage.

They turn clouds and rain like gods, trying to re-forge order in a broken world.

These princes across states and counties each have their own positions. Standing at the center are the two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, or two enemies.

First, look at Hebei, where Guangwu revitalized the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao, who returned to Bohai County, felt deeply that he, as the leader of the alliance, was a loser, but at this time he still planned to continue to take the Machiavellian route because of path dependence.

Since the emperor was young and controlled by traitors, it was better to establish a new king in order to restore the country's power. Yuan Shao took the lead and united with Jizhou Mu Han Fu and other small shrimps to prepare for a new peace and joint victory.
Oh no, it’s to establish a new king.

So which lucky person was selected by the world's model to replace the young emperor Liu Xie and become the new talker of the Han Dynasty?
The answer is Da Sima, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu.

As an important minister of the clan, this person has a reputation that is more important than anything in the world. Not only is his political skills first-rate, but he is also very good at civil and military affairs.

It is not an exaggeration to say that wherever Liu Yu went, the people and scholars wholeheartedly welcomed him.

Especially in the context of several other important officials of the clan, Liu Yu appears to be highly virtuous and highly respected. It is well known to everyone that Liu Junlang of Yizhou intends to separatist rule, so there is no need to mention it; Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou has a good reputation, and he only rode in alone not long ago. He rose to prominence in the battle of Xiangyang. Although he is older, he is considered a rising star in terms of qualifications, and he is also separated by several levels.

Of course, the more important thing is that both of them are too far away from Yuan Shao and cannot be controlled.
In short, no matter from which angle you look at it, Liu Yu is the best candidate for the new king.

Regardless of Yuan Shao and Han Fu's intentions in making this proposal, if this proposal comes to pass, the entire Hebei will be instantly connected, and the chances of winning against the other separatist forces, especially his powerful brother Yuan Shu, will be greatly increased.

In this way, Dahan may not be unable to be revived again - in an extremely loose form.

Just imagine, as the original major shareholders, Yuan Shao and Han Fu, who have the merits of being established, will inevitably occupy a large part of the power in the new order, and even have the status of co-ruling the world with the royal family like Wang Xie in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Moreover, given Yuan Benchu's age and skills, it is hard to say that Liu Yu would become a figure like Huo Guang after his death.

Yuan Shao's idea almost fast-forwarded the version to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which can be said to be endless.

Unfortunately, this fast-track route, which was expected to end the troubled times, was rejected by Liu Yu himself. Therefore, Pi Rixiu, a Tang Dynasty man, said: Liu Yu did not dare to become emperor, and Cao Man usurped the chaos from then on.

As for the reason, it may be that Liu Yu cherishes feathers, or it may be that he does not want to be a puppet.

But the greater possibility is that he is the kind of legendary Han Dynasty pure minister who is unwilling to commit tampering.

In history, when Emperor Xian tried to return eastward, he was even willing to send thousands of cavalry to meet him when he was far away in Youzhou. However, he was intercepted by Yuan Shu and failed. You must know that the destination of Emperor Xian's return eastward was Luoyang, not Youzhou. He did this Everything is completely thankless, and the loyalty is evident.

Seeing that Liu Yu refused to accept the offer, Yuan Shao retreated and asked Liu Yu to take charge of the secretarial affairs with the title of Grand Sima, so that everyone could be appointed officials according to the system.

In this way, although it is still a self-appointed official position, with the endorsement of Liu Yu as both a clan member and an official, it is at least much better than the childlike self-proclaimed official position.

Yuan Shao could sell everyone a favor with just a few words.

It's a pity that Liu Yu rejected him again - Lao Liu's attitude was very obvious. He just did his job of Youzhou Mu and Da Sima and didn't go too far.

At this point, Yuan Shaohe's efforts to unite and unite have completely failed, and the three families in Hebei fell into a strange silence. (Actually, there are four families, and there is also Bingzhou Zhangyang who is being beaten by Lu Bu)
It can only be said that at this time, Yuan Benchu ​​only had an official resume and had no confidence in his untested military capabilities. He still subconsciously wanted to solve problems through political maneuvering.

But he will soon realize that even if he is leading troops on the battlefield, he, Yuan Benchu, is still one of the top heroes of this era.

Yuan's attack looks like a ghost!
Before he officially sat down at the poker table, Yuan Shao had to solve a problem - the chips he had in just one county of Bohai were too small, and even military rations had to be supplied by his neighbor Han Fu.

If he could capture Jizhou, he would have a starting point worthy of him.

Fortunately, he knew very well who Han Fu was.

Simply put, a lucky coward.

When he was an official in Luoyang, he always hugged Yuan's thigh, and thus climbed to the high position of Yushi Zhongcheng. It was because of his timidity, obedience, and ease of control that he was pushed up to occupy this key position with the power of supervision, and then This was also the reason why he was recommended by Dong Zhuo as the shepherd of Jizhou to govern this large state with prosperous people and well-equipped soldiers.

Relying on his status as the helm of the Yuan family, although the governor of Bohai is logically a subordinate of Jizhou Mu, Yuan Shao can still be on an equal footing with Han Fu, or even slightly taller.Even if Han Fu was a little dissatisfied, let alone falling out, he didn't even dare to cut off his military rations. At most, he would just cut back the supply secretly.

Although he was obviously powerful, he was a complete doormat. The so-called ordinary man who is not guilty of having a jade in his possession is talking about Han Fu.

In the winter of the first year of Chuping, Yuan Benchu ​​failed to support him, so he turned to thinking about how to take his superior's territory as his own. Looking around, he picked a subordinate of Han Fu who had been in Xiliang in his early years and was proficient in Qiang people's warfare. General, prepare to instigate him to rebel.

His name is Qu Yi.

The other protagonist is Yuan Shu, who occupies Nanyang County.

As the largest county in the world, Nanyang has as many as one million registered residents, and its strength can basically be regarded as a separate large state.

After visiting all the princes in the world, after Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu led the Bingzhou army back to his hometown, including Sun Jian, the number one horseman who was regarded as the governor of Yuzhou at this time.
Yuan Gongli suddenly discovered that the most powerful person at the moment was actually himself!
Who is Yuan Shu, who wants to work in porcelain even if he doesn't have diamonds? What's more, he is now powerful and ambitious. Not only is he not interested in his half-brother's proposal to establish a new king, but he once again stood up to openly undermine it.

After all, Liu Bo'an has reputation, ability and territory. If he really supports Yuan Shu, his dream of becoming emperor will definitely come to an end!

The two brothers fell out completely because one wanted to be independent and the other wanted to be independent.

The first one to take action was Yuan Shu. He allied with Tao Qian, who was south of Yuan Shao, and prepared for a simple close attack.

But if Yuan Shao doesn't take action, that's all. If he does, it will be a series of tricks.

The first was to attack the other side in the same way, and also allied with Yuan Shu's neighbor and nominal superior, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou; followed by a divorce plan, writing a letter to tell Yuan Shu that the news that the jade seal was in the hands of Sun Jian, based on his treatment of his younger brother Knowing that it was absolutely impossible not to snatch it; in the end, Yuan Shao asked Zhou Xin of Kuaiji to be the governor of Yuzhou, and wanted to take over the territory of Yuan Shu's number one horseman Sun Jian without any bloodshed.

Compared with Yuan Shu who could only scold him as a little servant boy, Yuan Benchu ​​rushed to the vital point with all his moves. It can be said that the two of them were at odds.

In the winter of the first year of Chuping, Yuan Shu had to deal with Zhou Xin who came to seize the territory, while thinking about how to get the jade seal in Sun Jian's hand, and he also had to be careful about Liu Biao's backstabbing.Fortunately, at least he was not extremely stupid, and instead made a very good response: first he sent people to drive away Zhou Xin and protect Sun Jian's territory, and then asked Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao. In this way, no matter who wins or loses, everyone wins. It's him, Yuan Gongli.

The battle between the two brothers caused the princes who had just met for team building and drinking together to take sides - most of them sided with the alliance leader Yuan Shao. The situation in Guandong became a confrontation between the north and the south.

In the west, where few people paid attention, Han Sui and Ma Teng led troops to station in Yi County. Chang'an City, which was originally like a pile of dry firewood, just waiting for a few sparks to ignite, was suddenly poured cold water on it. Xun You and Wang The two groups of scholars, Yun, did not belong to each other. Under the pressure of Li Ru, they could only act independently and did not dare to act rashly.

Compared to others, Xun You's situation was slightly better. As a Huangmen servant and a close servant of the emperor, he was subject to much fewer restrictions. But the more he could see the current situation clearly, the more he felt that there was a huge gap between the enemy and ourselves, and he needed to wait for the opportunity.

In the winter of the first year of Chuping, except for work needs, Xun Gongda stayed in bed all day long, just hoping to disappear from Li Ru's sight.

A gust of cool wind blew up, and the letter that had been read many times on the desk was silently blown to the ground. It was from Zimao.

"The Book of Changes has a saying: A great man changes into a tiger, a villain changes into a new face, and a gentleman changes into a leopard."

He was probably the fastest among this group of scholars to realize that Dong Zhuo's death was not a good thing.

In other words, Dong Zhuo can die, but he must die in the hands of the imperial court. Only in this way can the imperial court regain the lost authority after the death of the late emperor - instead of suddenly dying of internal strife and then replacing a more cunning and cruel guy.

Now that there are Li Ru inside and Han and Ma outside, if they want to make any move, they can only be prepared to die together, make up their minds to use Chang'an as the battlefield, invest the last strength in their hands, and then resign themselves to fate.

But who can bear this responsibility?Who dares to make such a decision?

Now that I think about it, Zi Mao's departure was unexpected.
If it is as stated in the letter, it actually started from a small village and created the current situation of dividing Anding County from the middle.Even Xun You, a man in his early thirties, was fascinated by these stories.

Turning around to look at Xun Gongda, he saw that almost two years had passed since he was drafted, and he had yet to make any achievements.

To put it bluntly, if he died immediately, the most likely thing in the history books would be that he would be named because of the family background of the Xun family in Yingchuan, and he would be mentioned as a relative in the biographies of other Xun family descendants - Xun You, courtesy name Gongda, Xun Yu's nephew is gone.

This will not work.

"Although Xun Gongda is not talented, he does not think he is incompetent. Zi Mao has made great progress, and I cannot let myself sink." Xun You bent down and picked up the letter from the ground, and couldn't help but read the instructions at the end again, " But how did Dong Bai get involved with Zi Mao? It’s really..."

It's ridiculously close to home.

But no matter what, this is already a rare talisman. As long as Xun You doesn't seek death outright, he will be fine.

Now there are two paths before the scholars. One is to stand firm and wait for change, waiting for Han Ma and Li Ru to fall out, waiting for the Kwantung princes to raise troops to serve the king, or waiting for the Trisolarans to arrive on Earth.
The second is to take the initiative.

With the amulet in hand, Xun You felt that he should do something.

Even if the imperial court was emptied out and all government affairs were assigned to Li Ru, there was still one person that even Li Ru could not get past, and that was Dong Min.

Nominally, these orders came from his hussar general's office.

Although Li Ru was difficult to deal with, fortunately, their previous arrangements were not all in vain. Shi Heyong, the original chief of the Imperial Palace, as the top official left by Dong Zhuo, was inherited intact by Dong Min, who had a shallow foundation.

After all, he was a person from his brother's lifetime, so he should be more trustworthy.

In other words, they still have a chance to get rid of Dong Min - although he is not as powerful and prestigious as his brother, he can listen to advice, can boldly delegate power to Li Ru, and can unite the remaining members of the Dong family. As a Leader, in a sense, is even more suitable than Dong Zhuo.

So the plan is still very simple, just to assassinate Dong Min.

Once Dong Min also dies, there will no longer be anyone in the Dong family who can convince the public.

Among the remaining people, although Niu Fu has strong military power, as a son-in-law, he is still somewhat different in terms of status, and his record in commanding troops is extremely poor. The sentence "big and useless" is more suitable to describe him, and it is not a concern at all; although Dong Heng He is a relative, but he is nothing more than a relative. Even the Xiliang Army does not recognize this person.

This is Li Ru's shortcoming. Limited by his origin and personality, he will always be dependent on others. Once there is nothing in front of him, he will be at a loss.

When the Xiliang army was in chaos, they immediately offered a higher price to recruit Anhan and Ma
Xun You's thoughts were as smooth as running water, and he arranged the follow-up plans clearly.

Just kill Dong Min, just kill him and everything will be over - doesn't he want to be Dong Zhuo's replacement?That fulfilled his wish.

Xun You walked out of the room.

"It's really rare." Aqian, the concubine, asked him curiously, "Is my beloved going out?"

"Yes," Xun You nodded, a gentle smile on his fair and gentle face, "The weather has turned cold, so we have to go to the market to buy some new clothes for our Ah Qian."

"I want to go too!" Ah Qian almost jumped up in surprise. Seeing that Xun You had no intention of agreeing, his relaxed face wrinkled up again, and he complained pitifully: "I'm going to be bored to death."

Although she is a concubine and has the same status as an object, she is not restrained at all in front of Xun You. She is always the same A Qian. This is why Xun You loves her the most.

"With so many books in the study, how could it be boring?"

Xun You asked, he really couldn't understand - that was a book, a good thing that you couldn't grab even if you put it out there. How many powerful men dreamed of having a family classic and becoming a heirloom of Confucian classics. How about you? Don't you want to see it at all?

Ah Qian squatted on the ground and picked up a dead wood and wrote, feeling a little depressed, "I want to go out and see the Weishui River, and I want to see the fallen leaves."

"I asked you to read more books to improve your temper, but it turns out you didn't listen at all." Hearing this, Xun You covered his forehead and didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, "I still think about going out to play."

"Hehehe", Aqian raised his head and smiled at him heartlessly with his teeth bared.

This is a common tactic. As long as Xun You preaches, she will do this, and then she can get through it cutely. It can be said that it is a trick that works well every time.

"You stay at home and I will buy you new clothes when I come back." Xun You just left these words, put on his cloak and walked out of Xun's house.

Ah Qian was bored, so he climbed onto his couch and saw a letter lying beside him. The handwriting was very beautiful. His eyes lit up and he couldn't help but lie down on it and read it - isn't the story in it more interesting than studying the classics?

Another gust of cool wind blew by, and Aqian shivered and hurriedly hid under the quilt.

(End of this chapter)