I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 360 Yun Chang, Your Task Is Even More Difficult

Speaking of which, Wen Chou's family and Yuan's family origin are quite interesting.

The Wen family did not belong to any gentry group. One of the families had no classics handed down from generation to generation, and no one in the second generation worshiped under the famous scholars of the Han Dynasty.

Logically speaking, people from border counties like the Wen family are not qualified to be former officials of the Yuan family at all.

Just imagine that when Dong Zhuo sharpened his head and wanted to be Yuan Wei's younger brother, Yuan Wei still looked down on him with perverted eyebrows.

But after all, the Wen family was lucky and caught up with the wave of the times.

In the past, Yuan Feng was the leader of the Yuan family, and all the brothers of the Yuan family were capable people.

At that time, the strength of Xianbei Tanshihuai was in full swing, and wars between the garrisons of Bingzhou, Youzhou and other counties and Xianbei occurred from time to time, and the entire frontier of the Han Dynasty was in a high-risk state at all times.

At that time, the Yuan family in Runan, although it was the family of the Sangong, was under strict control of the party at that time, and if it was a little careless, the family was in danger of being overthrown.

At that time, the Yuan family was at the top of the court, and its strength was extremely powerful and eye-catching, but the Yuan brothers knew the truth that prosperity must decline, and the two emperors of Huan Ling were not good-natured.

Not only the Yuan family, but also the other gates of reading, it seems that the glory is possessed, but in fact there is a crisis at every moment.

In order to keep the family alive for a long time, each family can only sail against the current, and if they don't advance, they will retreat, desperately expanding their strength.

From the point of view of everyone at that time, in addition to expanding the family's influence in the Shimen, at the same time, they secretly played with the eunuchs to build a good relationship secretly, and then wooed the powerful right group who started with military exploits in the border county, which also increased the family's weight. in a good way.

But at that time, the military families in Youzhou and Bingzhou were much more powerful than the families in Liangzhou.

People from Liangzhou like Dong Zhuo are not at the same level as the military men in the Youzhou frontier during the heyday of Tanshihuai.

When Tan Shihuai was alive, his threat to the Han Dynasty completely surpassed the threat of the Northwest Qiang rebellion. Xianbei under the leadership of Tan Shihuai at that time did have a certain possibility of overthrowing the Han regime in the border counties. In the history since the founding of the dynasty, it is almost impossible.

It is precisely because of this that the martial arts groups in Youzhou and Bingzhou have become more and more prosperous.

At that time, in Liaodong, Liaoxi, Yuyang, Shanggu and other places, there were powerful military tribes who could lead the local tribes to fight against Xianbei.

The Gaomen Gongqing group in the court began to use the resources in their hands to buy and win over these warrior families.

And for these nobles from the border counties, it is also their dream to be able to climb to the gate of the palace in the court.

The two hit it off.

Many famous military families in the border counties became the old officials of the imperial court at that stage, including the Wen family in Liaodong.

If it weren't for this, it would be very difficult for a powerful man like Wen Chou who has no inheritance of Confucian classics to become Yuan Shao's confidant in history.

After all, Yan Liang from Qingzhou still belonged to the Central Plains family to some extent, and the Yan family was also a common surname in Qingzhou. In the past, he also had his own set of methods to become an official, which was far from being comparable to literary ugly.

If the person who came to Hebei was not Liu Jian, but Yuan Shao, with the master-slave relationship between the Wen family and the Yuan family, I am afraid that Wen Chou would have brought people from other clans to join Yuan Shao on a flying horse a few years earlier.

But for Liu Jian, the Wen family has been waiting and watching for several years.

There is no way, this is caused by historical reasons, and has little to do with Liu Jian's personal ability and charisma.

But Liu Jian didn't blame him either.

For a person like Wen Chou, the interests of the entire family are involved behind his every move, and if he is about to make a mistake, he will lose everything and the whole family will be buried with him.

"Yun Chang, brother Bogui." Liu Jian turned to look at the two of them.

"Liaoxi County, You Beiping, Liaodong vassal state, and Liaodong...there are many heroes who are used to fighting, and you two alone recommended this Wenmengzhong to me. I guess there must be deep meaning?"

Gongsun Zan said: "Deran, although there are many fighters in Youzhou who are accustomed to fighting, in the eyes of a certain and Yun Chang, those who can be compared with me are not Wenmeng people!"

"Oh?"

Liu Jian listened and pretended to be very interested: "Meng Zhong really has such abilities?"

Wen Chou hurriedly said, "Don't dare, dare not!"

Guan Yu said: "A certain man has been in Liaodong for many years and watched the local heroes. Only this man is similar to me. This man was born in a military family, and he is very familiar with the warfare of border counties, especially cavalry warfare. He is very proficient. Even in our Above all, it would be a pity if such outstanding people are not used."

Liu Jian looked at Wen Chou and said with a smile: "It is Yun Chang's recommendation, there must be no mistakes, but since Meng Zhong came from a military school, he must be proficient in martial arts and bow horses, I want to see your ability, I wonder if I would like to? "

Now that there is no war in Youzhou, Wen Chou is naturally eager to take other opportunities to show off his skills in front of Liu Jian.

Since Liu Jian was willing to let him show off his martial arts skills, Wen Chou couldn't be happier.

"As long as it doesn't spoil the general's eyes, Wen Chou is willing to give it a try."

"it is good!"

Liu Jian took the case and said: "Prepare armor for Wenmengzhong, and send people to the army to find five warriors above the head of the village, and practice skills in the school field. I want to see the capabilities of the Mengmeng people!"

In fact, Liu Jian can know who won without looking at the result of this martial arts competition.

But the reason why he still does this is actually to give Wen Chou a chance to perform.

He wants Wen Chou to see that he is willing to give Wen Chou a chance to perform, and after getting Wen Chou to submit a satisfactory answer sheet, he will let Wen Chou take its course and reuse it.

A group of people came to the school grounds. Wen Chou changed his armor, stepped on his horse, held a long stick, and fought against the opponent Liu Jian assigned to him.

Liu Jian found five opponents for Wen Chou, and Wen Chou knocked them down one by one.

These five people are all officers of the Jizhou Army known for their force, but under Wen Chou's command, none of them can meet more than ten times.

This is because the two sides used sticks, and a small friction could not knock them off their horses. If they used weapons on the battlefield, I am afraid that none of them could survive three moves.

Although he knew the result of this contest a long time ago, Liu Jian was still very relieved.

This is really a fierce general with high martial arts skills.

He stood up happily and walked quickly to the school grounds.

Seeing that Liu Jian came to look for him on his own initiative, Wen Chou got off his horse in a hurry.

"General!"

"Bring the wine!"

Following Liu Jian's order, someone had already brought a good wine to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian held the wine cup in both hands and delivered it to Wen Chou.

"Meng Zhong is really a hero, and I am truly a gift from God! You can join our army and serve as a guard of the army temporarily, and follow me. In the future, if you have military merits, you will be promoted!"

In Liu Jian's army, everything is based on merit.

Even if Wen Chou was recommended by Guan Yu and Gongsun Zan, it would not be easy to give him a high-ranking military post all of a sudden.

Therefore, just like Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and Yan Liang, they should be close to the Chinese army before serving as guards. This is not only entrusting them with a heavy responsibility, but at the same time it will not make others think that Liu Jian is too partial to the newcomers.

And being able to stay by Liu Jian's side, there are still many opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

Wen Chou, who was born in a rich family in Liaodong, naturally understood this truth.

He could see that Liu Jian loved him very much, and meant to cultivate and support him.

"Wen Chou, thank you for your kindness! From now on, I am willing to do my best to my lord!"

"Okay, Meng Zhong, let's go change the armor and take a rest, I will clean up the dust for you tonight!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Wen Chou went to rest with a group of soldiers, while Guan Yu and Gongsun Zan accompanied Liu Jian from the school field to the city.

"Deran, with the establishment of Youzhou, all counties in Hebei respect you now. From now on, no one in the world will dare to look at you."

After hearing Gongsun Zan's words, Liu Jian felt very happy.

However, he also understands that with Ji, Qing, and You as foundations, his own basic resources are not lacking, and the next step is to mainly develop internal affairs and accumulate strength.

With Jizhou as the center, dig deep into the plasticity of Qingzhou and Youzhou, making Hebei the most powerful area of ​​the Han Dynasty... it should be said that it is the most powerful area in the world.

It is not a good thing to expand the territory too fast. If the interior is not properly sorted out, many hidden dangers will be caused.

These hidden dangers must be eliminated within a certain period of time.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to go step by step.

After returning to the Jicheng County Office, Guan Yu asked Liu Jian: "Brother, since the northern border is flat, can I wait for brothers to return to Jizhou?"

Guan Yu's words were rather cryptic.

What he wanted to express... was that he, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Gongsun Zan and others led troops back to Jizhou with Liu Jian, either plotting the Central Plains or plotting to merge the prefecture.

Take advantage of the momentum to rise!

However, Liu Jian is not in a hurry to do so.

First of all, Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He in Chang'an are still the co-lords of the world.

The Yuan brothers in the south are the leaders of the noble families in the world.

In name, he is the assistant minister left by the late emperor.

The reason why troops were sent into Qingzhou and Youzhou was because there were rebels in the two states, so things went so smoothly, because the name was justified.

But this does not mean that the imperial court will want to see him sit big for no reason.

In particular, he attacked other states and counties for no reason.

Some people may say that other people are also attacking states and counties, and the court has never seen that the court has time to find fault with them.

But the problem is that Liu Jian's current strength is expanding too fast compared to other people.

There are always shots at the head of the bird.

Liu Jian didn't want Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao to stand together to guard against him.

In terms of territory, Liu Jian is enough for the time being.

The prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou were all the most affluent counties in the Han Dynasty, and at the same time the counties and counties with the most advanced technologies.

As long as Liu Jian manages these three states in his own way, the population, money and food here, including the production of materials, and the spread of culture, can overthrow most of the world in the future.

From the moment Youzhou fell into Liu Jian's hands, the balance of the Han Dynasty had already begun to tip towards Liu Jian.

Looking at the expectant eyes of Guan Yu and Gongsun Zan, Liu Jian told them clearly.

"Yun Chang, Bogui, you have to stay here. Compared with the civil strife in the middle of the Han Dynasty, your task here should be more difficult!"

(End of this chapter)