Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 167
The longer I have been in the Han Dynasty, the more deeply I feel the weight of the word gentry.

As far as the city in front of you is concerned, who would believe that half of it is related to the Yuan family?
Even the small courtyard where Fei Qian lives now belongs to the Yuan family's real estate.It can be said that the Yuan family is located in the Nanyang area of ​​Runan, no matter how large or small the county is, there are such industries, comparable to those Wan Mou of later generations...

The gentry in the Han Dynasty were divided into five classes. The fifth class was the country tyrants, who had a piece of land, most of which had self-sufficient farms, and had a group of dependents such as children and guests.

The fourth class is the surname.That is to say, when the rural tycoons develop to a certain stage, their expenditures are scattered, and their descendants have become a surname with a slight reputation in the region. For example, there are often Chenjiazhuang, Majiazhai, etc. in later generations, all of which are listed here.

The third class is the great clan.After the efforts of the personnel of the past dynasties, the common surname has penetrated into all levels, and has a large number of clan population through blood relationship.This kind of dependent population and clan population gradually formed a private armed force (trilogy), so at this stage, basically a larger dock wall was built for self-protection.

At this time, the big clan is already a dignitary of one side, presiding over the village council, criticizing the people in the village, and even affecting the selection of political officials.

But above the big clan, it is not so easy to become a prominent clan.

A distinguished family, as the name suggests, is to have fame, and the first prerequisite for fame is to have celebrities in the family.A powerful and powerful clan without celebrities can only be called a strong clan at best, not a famous clan.

The role of celebrities is not only to represent the family's speakers, but also to inherit the family's culture. By maintaining the family's cultural accomplishment and becoming an official through the recommendation of Confucian classics, they gradually became an important social force in the Han Dynasty.

Above the famous family is the Guan family.

That is the meaning of the crown of the world.

For this type of Guan family, there has been a long period of cultural accumulation of the family, and at the same time, many children of the past dynasties have entered the officialdom through Confucian classics, and even reached the status of public ministers for generations.They recruit disciples, protégés, recruit vassals, and form lifelong protégés.After several generations of continuous business development, the disciples and old officials of the Guan family spread all over the world, and they became the leaders of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and then became a powerful family that influenced politics, economy, and ideology.

The Yuan family is the crown family in the world today.

Besides the Yuan family, there are also the Yang family of Hongnong, and the Wang family of Taiyuan...

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's four generations and three princes, their disciples and old officials spread all over the world, and they have a nationwide influence. The governors, officials, and celebrities of various states and counties have extremely close contacts with the Yuan family.

Fei Qian guessed that this was also the most important reason why Yuan Kai dared to stay in Luoyang alone, while Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were entrenched in the north and south of the Yellow River.

Yuan Kai's move was quite like a militant of later generations, with a large number of former disciples of the Yuan family tied up on his body, so he dared to sway in front of Dong Zhuo. Those small eyes and that small figure all reflect the strong provocative meaning of "try to touch me"...

That's why Fei Qian felt that he was too insignificant now. If his name left the land of Jingxiang, who else would have heard of the gentry in other places?Who else will pay attention?

The fame of the Han Dynasty is really not something you can have if you want to.

Fei Qian recalled when he watched some TV series of the Three Kingdoms before, and wondered why that white-bearded Tao Qian from Xuzhou wanted to give up Xuzhou three times?Doesn't Tao Qian want to leave his son an inheritance?

Thinking about it now, Tao Qian had no choice but to do so. His son had no reputation. Even if he forced him to stay, he would probably be like Liu Cong, the son of Liu Biao.

And the consequences of this mentality are often very serious.

The human heart is always the hardest part to guess.

Nowadays, Fei Qian finds that the amount of brainpower he spends on guessing people's hearts seems to have been used more and more after the Han Dynasty. Sometimes, if he thinks about it in later generations, he might have climbed to a high position long ago. up.

Sure enough, people's potential is forced out...

Just like the letter in my hand now.

Yang Hong came to the small courtyard where Fei Qian and his group lived in the morning, and said a few words to Fei Qian Yiji, did you have a good rest last night, how was the food, etc. After the polite words, he asked to have a private chat with Fei Qian .

Although Yiji was a little surprised, he still saluted and withdrew.

Then this letter from Liu Biao, which Yi Ji took pains to hide all the way, was eventually exposed to Fei Qian's nose.

Excluding those irrelevant words in the letter, in fact, the most critical point is that Liu Biao made three points in the letter:

One, to support Yuan Shu's appeal against Dong, showing that he is on the same front as Yuan Shu;
Second, in order to show sincerity, I have submitted the form, please seal Yuan Shu as the prefect of Nanyang;
Third, in order to prevent misunderstandings between the two sides and leave enough space for exchanges, Liu Biao decided to withdraw most of the troops from Wan...

No wonder Liu Biao secretly asked Yiji to deliver...

It's hard to say that a family member of the Han family who is rooted in Miaohong supports a high-ranking yamen to openly provoke the order of the court...

Speaking of which, Liu Biao's decisiveness is also ruthless enough. The Wanxian area is abandoned as soon as it is said, but the position of the Huang family is a bit embarrassing in this way. This is not easy to handle...

But why did Yang Hong show me this letter?

Or why did Yuan Shu do this?
From the standpoint of Yuan Shu, I may represent a part of the Jingxiang clan, so——

What Yuan Shu meant was to use this example to illustrate that the Jingxiang gentry chose Liu Biao to be very risky?

Or is Yuan Shu saying that he is about to control more land in Jingxiang, and Liu Biao is about to run out, so why not switch to Yuan Shu's sect?
Maybe Yuan Shu showed the Jingxiang gentry his own gentleness, not like Liu Biao, who hides and chirps?
Or is it to say that even the clan members of the Han Dynasty support Yuan Shu, so he is the chosen one?
Or does it imply that Yuan Shu will give support once the Huang family, which was thrown out as a buffer, turns against Liu Biao?

……

These are all possible, and Fei Qian couldn't judge which one of them is the meaning of Yuan Shu, or two or three of them?
Fei Qian knew that Yang Hong on the opposite side was watching him, so he didn't say anything, but quietly repacked the letter and handed it back to Yang Hong.

Yang Hong raised his eyebrows a little, thinking in his heart, no wonder Yuan Gong is optimistic about this person, he seems to be good at nourishing Qi, but then again, if he doesn't have a little city mansion, he can't marry the Jingxiang gentry.

Yang Hong smiled and said, "Can Ziyuan understand my lord's intention?"

"Excuse me for being blunt, and ask Zichong for advice." Naturally, it was impossible for Fei Qian to tell Yang Hong that he had guessed what Yuan Shu meant.

"Hehe," Yang Hong said with a chuckle, "My lord has the world in mind, and always feels that there are relics in the forest and pearls in the abyss, so no matter whether the old people in the countryside or the great sages in the countryside, everyone is eager to seek talents."

Fei Qian somewhat understood, but this sentence sounds so weird...

　In the past two days, I went back to read the comments at the end of each chapter... It's just... the current friends... are they all so powerful?Can you still have fun?The little train is so slippery...

　　Say a stalk:

　　In the big tent in the army, with candles flickering, Zhuge sat alone, with a map of Guanzhong spread out in front of him.

　　"Youchang, what do you think of this move?"

　　"Young Chang?"

　　"You...sorry, Xiaochang..."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)