The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 125

"Brother, you have already inherited the title, what about the third brother?" I was even more surprised, how did history become like this, did I cause it?Cui Yan said: "The third son was named General Huwei, and he is still on his way back to Jizhou. When I came, I met him."

The eldest brother inherited the title, maybe the brothers would not kill each other.

"Mr. Cui, how did father die?" I asked suspiciously.

Cui Yan's face changed slightly, and he said in a trembling voice, "My lord, my lord vomited blood and died."

"But when my father left Li Yang, I diagnosed him. He should be fine. Could it be—" I instinctively thought of Aunt Tian, ​​whether it was because of excessive indulgence.

Cui Yan suddenly turned pale and trembled all over.

I wondered: "Mr. Cui, what's the matter with you?" Cui Yan froze there, his face livid: "My lord, my lord asked me to tell you that Li Yang is the gateway of Jizhou, and the matter is of great importance. Watch the generals of Jizhou , only the young master can keep this place, please don’t go back to the funeral, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can’t be both, let’s say——”

I was shocked when I heard that, how could elder brother make such a decree; "Let's talk about it." Cui Yan sighed; "Besides, the lord died ten days ago, and the funeral has already been finished."

"Ten days ago—" I said sharply, "Bold, why didn't you report to me earlier."

Cui Yan sighed, "Second Young Master, it's not that I don't want to report the funeral, it's because the First Young Master said that the battle ahead is urgent and cannot affect your mind, so I just—"

I thought about it, and it's not bad that my brother thinks so.You cannot ignore the lives of millions of people just because of the news of your father's death.But——no, no matter how much I thought about it, my father died too suddenly.First, it does not match the history. Second, I have diagnosed him, and Hua Tuo's medical skills will not make mistakes. I am absolutely confident in this.

I glanced back at Cui Yan, this adult known for his uprightness, his eyes were flickering——

Cui Yan shook his head; "Young Master, Cui Yan is not feeling well, so I'm leaving first." I had a suspicion in my heart, but I didn't show it on the surface; "Okay, you go down first."

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Because Li Dian was watching, I didn't go back to Jizhou, but the grief and doubts in my heart grew day by day.Almost every night I dream of my father standing in front of me covered in blood.

The martyrs cemetery has been built, and the generals and I bowed down and mourned together, weeping bitterly.I asked people to plant trees and flowers near the cemetery, and dress up beautifully, so that these athletes who died for the country would not be so desolate and lonely, and avoid the scene of lonely graves thousands of miles away and a piece of loess.

In June, after Yuan Shang arrived in Jizhou, he was appointed General Huwei, Marquis of Nanpi.All the military power of Feng Ji and Yuan Shang was deprived, and Guo Tu and Wang Zhao rose in their place, and their power was transferred to Jizhou, and their power was unmatched.It's really the emperor and the courtier.Liu Bei is still popular. It seems that big ears are really magical, and they can always have both sides.

All those who followed Yuan Shang in the past were purged.One by one, they were deprived of military power and expelled from the leadership.Yuan Tan's Qingzhou team has mastered the military and political power in Jizhou.The most important of these are Guan Tong and Wang Xiu.One used to be the prefect of Donglai, and the other was Qingzhou Biejia.

Yuan Tan's purge made me shudder. In mid-June, Feng Ji was sentenced to abandon the market because of corruption and accepting bribes. Seven days later, Xun Chen was smashed by a car for slandering his lord with wrong intentions.At the beginning of July, the capital officials engaged in Zhu Han, and arbitrarily mobilized Lu Kuang's guarding soldiers with wrong intentions. Xiang also has Su You and Guo Yuan—the methods are ruthless and the actions are fast, which is unbelievable.

Yuan Tan ordered me to arrest Guo Yuan [Su You has already died in battle] and to investigate the former chief of the Jizhou General, Shi Shenpei, who was corrupt and betrayed the country, ran amok in the village, fish and meat people, and committed a heinous crime. Although he died, he could not be exempted from the crime.Sentenced to ransack the house, confiscate property, all women will be used as official prostitutes, and all men will be beheaded to show the public, so as to imitate others.

Yuan Tan's attack was too ruthless, even the dead were not spared.It is estimated that if he can find the corpse of the judge, he can whip the corpse.

I didn't arrest Guo Yuan, there was no reason, I said to Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper of the order: "Guo Yuan is not guilty, if you want to arrest him, I will also be arrested."

Chen Lin frowned, and gave me a piece of advice: "Second Young Master, this moment is just like that moment, you have to think clearly, and don't act on your will." "Slap," I smashed a porcelain vase, trembling all over my body. : "Go, go back and tell your master, if there is anything wrong with the third brother, I can't spare him, do you hear me? I really regret——"

Chen Lin said yes again and again, and ran out in embarrassment.

"Come back—" I said sharply, "Remember, if something happens to the third child, I'll take your skin off." Chen Linxin said, what the fuck is wrong with me?Whoever dares to provoke the second young master in front of me, he is a thief, and he doesn't pay attention to five or six million soldiers and horses. Killing me is not the same as killing a chicken.my mother.

Chen Lin swallowed again and again: "Don't worry, young master, don't worry, young master, I will definitely bring the words to you." I flicked my sleeves and said, "Get out." Chen Lin sighed in her heart when she went out. You can stop Cao Cao's million-strong army, but you may not be able to stop political plotting, Yuan Tan is so virtuous, I think you are going to be out of luck——

When Cao Cao arrived in Fancheng in late July, Liu Biao withdrew his troops with little resistance.This was originally expected by Cao Cao. In his words, a self-defense thief can do nothing.

Cao Cao's target is Feng Xiao and Zhao Yun.The real purpose of Guo Fengxiao and Zhao Zilong was not to attack Runan, but to contain him. As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they immediately adopted guerrilla tactics and retreated to Shouchun.

When Cao Cao came, his soldiers were exhausted, his supplies were too heavy, and his morale was low. Then he saw Guo Jia and Zhao Yun's military formation, and felt that the victory would not be easy, so he withdrew his troops and returned to Xuchang to rest.As soon as he left, Guo Jia and Zilong continued to attack Runan. Anyway, it is very close from Shouchun to Runan Road.Cao Ren was almost pissed off.

At the same time, Yuan Tan extended his hand to Huainan.He appointed his confidant Wang Zhao to Huainan as the governor of Yangzhou, appointed teacher Xun Yu as the prefect of Jiujiang, and ordered him to station in Hefei.Meant to replace it.

Xun Yu had indeed moved to Hefei, but no one in Huainan would listen to the words of Wang Zhao, the governor of Yangzhou.

This incident made me vigilant. Could it be that Yuan Tan is going to attack me-he won't have the same problem with Cao Pi.

An extraordinary famine came to Hebei.Famine is caused by drought.Yanzhou, Yongzhou, Yuzhou, as well as Qingjiyou and Bingzhou have no harvest within thousands of miles——

Drought has been the lingering cloud of the Han Dynasty since Huanling, and it has also become one of the reasons for the decline of the Han Dynasty.Of course, if the emperor worked diligently and cared for the people, and the local officials were dedicated to their duties, no matter how serious the drought was, they would be able to get through it smoothly. If there is a natural disaster plus man-made disasters, it will be a big deal.

It is not surprising that disasters, whether mild or severe, have occurred almost every year in these years.The usual drought only occurs in five, six, seven or three months, and usually ends in August when the autumn rains continue. The common people are able to prosper.But this year's drought came early, actually starting from the end of spring to the beginning of summer - for several months, there was not a single drop of rain, and it was impossible to sow seeds at all.After the wheat is harvested, the grain in autumn cannot be sown, and if it cannot be sown, naturally there will be no harvest.

The Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th is the season for sowing winter wheat.People don't care to enjoy the moon or eat moon cakes, and they all fall into panic. The autumn collections are gone, and with the use of troops to levy heavy taxes year after year, the little surplus food laid down in summer has also been consumed.If wheat cannot be sown, how many people will starve to death next year.

The drought lasted until the autumn of the next year. When a heavy rain swept across the north, people no longer cared about planting in autumn. There were no seeds, no cattle, and almost all people died.The prolonged and unprecedented drought has created a scene of irreparable horror.

The wild vegetables and weeds have just been dug out of the ground, and they are dug up by the roots and cooked at home.The weeds in the field have been eaten up, and the patches of land are bare, like a head suffering from alopecia areata.Then people discovered the bark, which was an excellent 'tonic' in times of famine.After eating the bark, I started to eat Guanyin soil. After eating Guanyin soil, I couldn’t digest it. After drinking water, my stomach began to swell, and the swelling became bigger and bigger until the stomach burst and died.

Those who are not willing to die will start to eat people, eat the dead, and eat the living.Some people go to cry and pay respects to their relatives who have just been buried for a day, only to find that the grave has disappeared, and there is only a half-foot-deep pit left, which is empty.What about people?
People were poached and eaten, not even bones left.This kind of thing, people still feel scary at first, but then they get used to it.If someone died in the family, they didn't bury it, just chopped it up and threw it into the pot-it's better to eat it yourself than to benefit others.

Hunger hung over the entire northern land like a dark cloud.

Cao Cao's Yanzhou and Yuzhou had the least disasters because they had dug wells and farmland for a long time. In addition, the government opened warehouses to release grain, and the least number of people died of starvation.The situation of Qingjiyou merged with the four continents was too unbearable, too disastrous.

For a year, I have been stationed in Liyang to resist Cao Bing.I heard that Yuan Tan was becoming more and more extravagant and indulgent in Jizhou.Slaughtering ministers, extorting money, setting up names, and exploiting the people.If there is a disagreement, a head will be cut off, and all officials in Jizhou are in danger, and they are in danger.It's like a scene of a subjugated country and a faint king.

Pingyuan, Nanpi, Xishan, and Gu'an, many places have become dead villages, and the entire village has been starved to death.A bowl of corn mush can be replaced by a golden girl.If the child is lost, don't try to find it again, it won't take half an hour, and it will be guaranteed.

There are few people within fifty miles.It has reached the tragic situation of starvation everywhere and dead bodies sleeping next to each other.Under such circumstances, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu did not first open warehouses to release grain, second did not dig wells and repair canals, and third did not save money.Instead, it drew the attention of the army and taxation.What they did was to reduce military rations and change the large dendrobium used to distribute food to soldiers into small dendrobium.The army has new regulations, changing from three meals a day to two meals, and can only drink rice porridge, and there is no dry food such as pot helmets and pancakes.Yuan Tan repeatedly asked everyone to persevere, persevere.But I don’t know, some soldiers don’t want to hold on anymore, they want to——

For the local people, he increased Guo Tu's [-] taxes from [-] to [-] taxes to [-]. Under such circumstances, imposing such a heavy tax is tantamount to massacring the city.There is only one reason, because Yuan Tan wants to build a "Tongque Terrace"?
That's right, Tongque Terrace! !

There was a deviation in history. Yuan Tan excavated the bronze sparrow from the downstairs of the east corner of Jizhou City before Cao Cao.The sparrow is eight feet high, with brilliant golden light, and it spreads its wings to fly, agility and strangeness.Yuan Tan liked it very much, thinking it was a sign of auspiciousness.Asked Guo Tu, Guo Tu replied: "In the past, Emperor Shun's mother dreamed of a jade bird in her arms, and she gave birth to Shun. Today, the Lord got a bronze bird. It should be a sign that he can unify the world and call the emperor a king." This kind of bullshit The words were forced and perfunctory, but Yuan Tan believed it and immediately ordered the construction of a Tongque Terrace on the Zhanghe River.

The most irritating thing is Liu Bei, who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.Seeing that Yuan Tan was happy, he said, "As a precaution, if my lord wants to build a platform, it is best to build three: the middle one is the tallest, named Tongque Terrace; the one on the left is named Yulong; the one on the right is named Jinfeng. Two flying bridges are being built, flying across the sky, so majestic and majestic, the appearance is worthy of the identity of the lord." But he added in his heart: This way you will die faster.

Yuan Tan greatly appreciated this proposal, and made Liu Bei a lieutenant and ordered him and Guo Tu to build Tongque Terrace together.Guo Tucai didn't want to cooperate with Liu Bei, because if he scraped off the money, he would have to share it.Liu Bei thought to himself, I will build you a more luxurious building, and hollow out the foundation of your Yuan family.

Gongcao Zhang Ziqian stood up and said: "Now that the country is in decline and the people are struggling to survive, we should open warehouses to help the victims and find a way to tide over the difficulties. How can we build a palace at this time? Isn't this forcing the people to rebel?" , Yuan Tan waved his hand, and his head fell to the ground.

Cui Yan wrote the playlist and suggested that the construction be postponed. The watch was submitted in the morning, but in the afternoon his home was confiscated and he was sent to prison.Yuan Tan sneered and said to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs: "I hate people who are against me the most in my life. Whoever makes me unhappy for a while, I will make him unhappy for the rest of his life. If any of you object, Zhang Ziqian and old man Cui Yan are role models."

Whoever objects is an idiot?Immediately there was a voice of praise in Jizhou City.The ground trembled and the mountains were shaken by the flattery, soaring to the sky to block out the sun, and the rivers and rivers changed color.Yuan Tan's two confidants, Wang Xiu and Guan Tong, the only conscientious ministers in Jizhou at this time, were sent by him to Liyang to escort the army rations.In fact, Yuan Tan just saw them upset, and didn't bother to listen to them buzzing in his ears.

(End of this chapter)