I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 205 Liu Jian's Second Son
In fact, according to what Yuan Kai said, there is no problem at all in calling Dong Zhuo to Beijing. The only thing that makes Yuan Ji feel uneasy is the question of whether Dong Zhuo is worth using.

Yuan Ji had no friendship with Dong Zhuo. After all, Dong Zhuo belonged to Yuan Kui's former official. Yuan Ji only knew that Dong Zhuo was loyal to Yuan's family all these years and was very obedient.

Yuan Kui had great confidence in Dong Zhuo. He felt that after more than ten years of contact, he had eaten Dong Zhuo to death.

Although Yuan Ji did not deny Yuan Wei's vision, but now that things are going on, thinking about it carefully, his uncle's behavior is still a bit too radical.

But it's no wonder uncle, after all, since Liu Hong's death, the lifting of the party ban and Limu's success have brought about a qualitative change in the power of the Yuan family in the court.

And like Dong Zhuo, Yuan Kai, who was also very old, gradually became active in his mind.

Yuan Ji could feel that Yuan Wei wanted to push the prestige and power of the Yuan family in the Han Dynasty to a peak in the last stage of his life!
This is the old man's last wish in this life.

A family that has reached the size of the Yuan family is already sailing against the current, and if it does not advance, it will retreat. In the fierce competition in this world, the Yuan family cannot tolerate half a step back.

Therefore, Yuan Ji can understand Yuan Wei's behavior.

But Yuan Ji acted relatively steadily, and he just felt that Yuan Kai's strategy was inappropriate.

After he went back to the mansion and thought about it, he immediately wrote letters and sent them to Yuan Shao in Wancheng and Yuan Shu in Shouchun respectively, asking them to write letters to remonstrate Yuan Kai, so that his uncle can calmly deal with the matter, so don't be too aggressive.

After writing letters to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Yuan Ji hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind again.

He wrote a letter, sent someone to Yecheng, wrote down what he was encountering in the letter, and handed it to Liu Jian, asking Liu Jian to help him analyze the current situation in the court.

However, after all, Liu Jian was not from the Yuan family, so he could not tell Liu Jian that the Yuan family wanted to seize Luoyang's military power.

He could only tell Liu Jian that Dong Zhuo came to Beijing this time to help He Jin deal with eunuchs.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the harvest season again, and the effect of the farming in Jizhou finally began to show!

Jizhou itself is the world's granary. After a year of implementation of the farmland policy, the total grain output has far exceeded the level of last year, and even reached the level before the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Of course, it is impossible to recover to the level of the previous year so quickly if we only rely on farming. The key is that Jizhou has developed water conservancy on the north bank of the Yellow River in the past year.

Keel waterwheels and Yellow River waterwheels were built in suitable areas, which not only saved a lot of production capacity, but also increased the irrigated area, making the average yield per mu much higher than in previous years.

And those refugees who became farmers, after receiving the food, finally calmed down and continued to farm patiently in Jizhou, set up a family and start a business, and no longer lived the life of displacement.

And Liu Jian immediately listed the plan for the new year, expanding the scale of farmland, continuing to recruit refugees, reclaiming wasteland, and at the same time led by the Animal Husbandry Department, increasing investment in research, strengthening the construction of water conservancy projects in Hebei, and further stabilizing the overall economy of Jizhou Down, and steadily expand the total agricultural output.

The stability and prosperity Liu Jian brought to Jizhou is visible to the naked eye.

Although it has only been less than two years, everyone in Jizhou deeply remembers the great contribution that the Animal Husbandry Department has made to improve the living space of the people and the overall livelihood of the people in Jizhou after taking office.

In the counties of Jizhou, proverbs began to spread,
"When the king arrives, the people will be full; when the king arrives, thieves will not make trouble."

In addition to the growing prosperity of agriculture and commerce in Jizhou, Liu Jian's family has another piece of good news.

His concubine Bian Yu'er was pregnant at the beginning of the year, and now at the time of the autumn harvest, Bian Yu'er gave birth to a lovely boy for Liu Jian.

Two years after the birth of Xiangbai Liu Ji, Liu Jian had a second son.

After some careful consideration, Liu Jian named the son born to Bian Yuer Liu Yu.

Although he was the son of a concubine, Liu Jian loved Liu Yu very much, and little Liu Yu didn't seem to be an ordinary child. He seldom cried since he was born.

When he was awake, he always stared at a pair of big eyes, looking here and there, with abnormal energy.

Once Liu Jian hugged him, the child owed him back and grabbed Liu Jian's long hair, and finally pulled some of them out in a daze.

Although he is a parent with body, hair and skin, Liu Jian can't be serious with a newborn baby.

Liu Jian could only cover his head, and told Bian Yu'er with a smile: "My son has a strange appearance, and his behavior is different from ordinary people. When he grows up, he will be a pillar of the country, and he will be a great general!"

Bian Yu'er doesn't have as much hope for success as Liu Jian.

"I just hope that Wan Yu'er will grow up safely."

At this happy and peaceful occasion, Yuan Ji's letter was delivered to Liu Jian.

After reading Yuan Ji's letter, Liu Jian's good mood suddenly disappeared.

Sure enough, Dong Zhuo was going to Beijing after all.

Of course, if you think about it carefully, this is a historical inevitability!
This matter cannot be changed by the arrival of one or two traversers. Dong Zhuo's entry into the capital is the inevitable result of the Yuan family's ambition. It must be within reason.

After thinking twice, Liu Jian still wrote a reply letter to Yuan Ji.

He didn't explain too much, and it's useless to say too much.

He just told Yuan Ji that if the Yuan family is confident that they can control Dong Zhuo, it is possible to let him enter the capital, but if they do not have such confidence, they need to think twice.

In fact, it was just nonsense. If the Yuan family didn't have the confidence to control Dong Zhuo, why would they transfer him to Beijing?
However, what happened to Yuan Ji reminded Liu Jian.

He wanted to take this opportunity to bring out the family members in Jingzhong.

Liu Jian immediately repaired the book, sent someone to Luoyang, and delivered it to Liu Bei, one of the eight captains of Xiyuan.

Liu Jian asked Liu Bei and Gao Shun to prepare early, and told them clearly that if Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, they must not become enemies with Dong Zhuo.

Everything has to wait and see what happens, and then wait for your own arrangements.

As for Luoyang, the person Yuan Ji sent to deliver letters to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu returned.

But what Yuan Ji never expected was that Yuan Shu followed Yuan Ji's words and wrote letters to persuade Yuan Kui not to let Dong Zhuo enter the capital. On the other hand, Yuan Shao strongly agreed with this policy and urged Yuan Kui to implement it as soon as possible.

Originally, Yuan Ji had been admonishing Yuan Kai to postpone the matter, and Yuan Wei gradually became hesitant from being confident at the beginning.

But Yuan Shao's letter gave Yuan Kai a reassurance.

He made up his mind, immediately discussed with He Jin, and transferred Dong Zhuo to carry out King Qin to get rid of the ten permanent attendants.

He Jin was looking for someone to take advantage of to help him break into the palace, and now that the Yuan family took the initiative to recommend this "Liangzhou porpoise", He Jin was naturally very happy.

Therefore, the matter of Dong Zhuo's entry to Beijing was quickly settled.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed after receiving the transfer order.

He did not dispatch the Sanhe warriors he was in charge of to the capital, but gathered thousands of local warriors recruited in Liangzhou, galloped to the capital at night and day, and headed straight for Luoyang!

And it was at this juncture that Liu Bei took Liu Jian's letter and went to the court to visit Liu Jian's only close friend among the eunuchs, Lu Qiang.

(End of this chapter)