I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 514 Xuzhou factions, each thinking

Danyang County is closer to Runan County. Tao Qian's family and the Yuan family in Runan had exchanges in resources and personnel interests more than 40 years ago, so Tao Qian himself is still more inclined to the Yuan family.

This relationship is a product left over from history.

The family of Yuan Shu's biological mother was also married to the Tao family in Danyang, so Tao Qian had a good impression and inclination towards Yuan Shu.

This is another method used by the top prominent families in the Eastern Han Dynasty to collude and stick to their interests, that is, the prominent families often have in-law contacts with each other, and the continuation from generation to generation has formed an intricate kinship relationship.

Although many prominent families are not from the same county, if you trace them carefully, you will find that they are all related by relatives like seven aunts and eight aunts.

Tao Qian and Yuan Shu have such a relationship now.

Sometimes, this relationship will affect people's judgment to some extent.

After all, it is now a society where patriarchal clan and blood relationship are paramount. Apart from the members of one's own family, the family that is related to one's own family is the most reliable.

Tao Qian maintained this old concept.

He is very old, and now his control in Xuzhou is not strong, and there are too many rebel forces in the counties, so he hopes to get help from foreign aid.

Although Tao Qian now most hopes that this foreign aid is Yuan Shu who lives in no fixed place, but his subordinates don't think so.

Tao Qian relied on the big families in Xuzhou to govern the local area. Although he first arrived in Xuzhou, he was able to integrate local forces faster in this way, but because of this, the authority in Xuzhou was scattered.

In some respects, the interests of the major families differed from those of Tao Qian himself.

Among Tao Qian's subordinates, the one he trusted the most was Cao Bao.

Cao Bao was the general who commanded the Danyang Army for Tao Qian, and he himself was born in Danyang County.

Danyang County is now close to the boundary between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and Yuan and Cao have always been one in the eyes of the world.

Therefore, Cao Bao hoped that Tao Qian could unite with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to get assistance from the south and put down the rebellion in Xuzhou.

But Wang Lang, who works in Zhizhong, doesn't think so.

Wang Lang studied under Yang Ci in his early years and was worshiped as a doctor because of his proficiency in scriptures. Later, when Yang Ci passed away, he abandoned his official position and went to mourning, so he should not be ordered to be filial and honest.

Tao Qian regarded him as a talented person in Xuzhou and worshiped him as the governor of Xuzhou.

Wang Lang was a teacher from Yang Ci back then, a student of the Yang family who belonged to the Department of Modern Literature, and had more contact with many officials in the court today. It can be said that if Wang Lang stayed in the court, he must have a prosperous official career, and sooner or later he would become a Sangong.

However, Wang Lang is quite ambitious.

Although he longs for official titles, he doesn't put them first.

His energy investment in Confucian classics is far greater than his investment in officialdom and politics.

The person Wang Lang admired the most in his life was not Yang Ci, his teacher in the Department of Modern Literature, but Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian who combined ancient and modern literature and founded the school of Zheng Xue.

Although he doesn't say it, Wang Lang has always had an ideal in his heart!
That is to create his own theoretical school through his own annotations on Confucian classics, and create his own theoretical school, like Zheng Xue, combining the strengths of ancient and modern literature and literature to create a unique school like Zheng Xue... Wang Xue!
However, Wang Lang thought that he did not have the talent of Zheng Xuan in Confucian classics. He thought to himself that although his academic attainments were great, he was afraid that he might not be able to create a school of Zheng Xue that could be as good as Zheng Xuan's. Comparable schools of thought.

Even if it is possible to create Wang Xue, it is afraid that it will be ranked under Zheng Xue.

If he can't be ranked among the top academics of the Han Dynasty, then Wang Lang would rather not start a sect in his own generation!
If one generation is not enough, then two generations, if two generations are not enough, then three generations!
Lay a good foundation for future generations by myself, and I don’t believe that my descendants can’t inherit my will and create a top-notch academic school!

Although he has great ambitions in his heart, Wang Lang knows that before his own academics can be born, he has to study carefully from the elders in the Confucian classics circle, carefully study their experience in founding schools, learn from each other, and integrate them into his own theories.

In particular, since he aimed at Zheng Xuemen, he naturally had to establish a good relationship with Zheng Xuemen people.

Liu Jian is the son-in-law of Zheng Xuan, and also the brother-in-law of Zheng Yi, the next generation leader of Zheng Xue. Now both Zheng Xuan and Zheng Yi teach at Hebei University established by Liu Jian. It can be said that Liu Jian is the overlord in the political arena and military affairs. But in the academic world, he is also one of the highest representatives of Zheng Xue, which integrates ancient and modern literary scholarship!

Liu Jian has this status, and a famous Confucian like Wang Lang who is determined to make a great contribution to Confucian classics naturally wants to strongly advise Tao Qian to lean towards Liu Jian.

Sure enough, when Tao Qian said that he wanted to support Yuan Shu into Xuzhou and help him eliminate the banditry, Wang Lang immediately stood up and expressed his opposition.

"Your envoy must not act like this. Yuan Gonglu is just a dead bone in the tomb. Although he has tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, he has no place to stand in the world. Moreover, this person has been defeated many times in Hebei, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao. The skills are so-so, if this person comes to Xuzhou, how can he put down the chaos?"

Just then Cao Bao kept persuading Tao Qian to let him invite Yuan Shao and others to Xuzhou, but Tao Qian always preferred Yuan Shu, which made Cao Bao very anxious.

Now that Wang Lang has spoken out, Cao Bao is very happy!
He immediately cupped his hands and said: "Look, my lord, even the prince said so, even if Yuan Gonglu came to Xuzhou, he must not be able to save Xuzhou!"

Tao Qian let out a long sigh.

Just now Cao Bao said that it was fine if he didn't invite Yuan Shu to Xuzhou, after all Cao Bao was his fellow countryman, besides he was born a hero, Tao Qian could suppress him.

But after all, Wang Lang is a famous scholar in the East China Sea, and he has a very high status among Xuzhou scholars. There are countless Xuzhou famous scholars and students behind him. Since he has spoken, Tao Qian can't ignore it.

"Jing Xing also thinks it's inappropriate for me to invite Yuan Shu to Xuzhou?"

Wang Lang said: "Your Majesty and a certain man used to be men in Luoyang, and they met Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Gonglu, Luzhong Dry Ghost, has a famous title, he has no famous family. If you say something unpleasant, if it is not his Being the heir of An Guoting Hou Yifang made Yuan Kui quite inclined to him back then, how can he have a place in the world today?"

"Besides, although his position as an official is high, but he has fallen into the current situation, which shows his ability. The emperor called him to Xuzhou. On the one hand, he cannot determine the disasters of the counties, and on the other hand, Yuan Gonglu may not want to stand in the position of the envoy after a long time. Your Majesty, once he has ambitions, wouldn't it be Xuzhou's disaster?"

Tao Qian had no expression on his face, and asked, "According to Jingxing's words, what should Xuzhou do?"

"According to someone, Liu Deran of Hebei Province is now ordered by the imperial court to be the Great General of Fuyuan. He has amazing talents, and his reputation for benevolence and righteousness is all over the world. Xuzhou is in trouble, so you can ask for help from General Liu. If he sends troops to Xuzhou, he will be able to wipe out all the thieves and return Xuzhou to me!"

Tao Qian picked up the water bottle and took a sip: "What a great General Liu... Jing Xing wants to lure Liu Jian into Xuzhou, maybe he has thought about it a long time ago?"

Wang Lang was stunned when he heard this, and then he hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "Why did you say that?!! Wang Mou has one heart for Xuzhou and for Shijun's foundation, but he never has two minds!"

"OK OK."

Tao Qian reached out his hand to signal Wang Lang to be calm, and then looked at the other people present.

"What do you guys think?"

At that time, there was also Mi Zhu, a wealthy man in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who was working for Tao Qian. After Wang Lang spoke just now, he wanted to give advice, but seeing Tao Qian suddenly running on Wang Lang, he thought about it for a while, and stopped admonishing him. .

Tao Qian looked around at the people present and sighed: "Could it be that there is no one who can share the old man's worries?"

Speaking of this, he suddenly looked to the left, the most senior elder.

"Brother Han Yu, why don't you speak?"

The person Tao Qian looked at was Chen Gui, a well-known noble family in Xuzhou.

Chen Gui is now sitting closest to Tao Qian, not because he is the most powerful in Xuzhou, but when it comes to fame, family power, or family inheritance in the officialdom, the Chen family is far ahead of all other families superior.

Even Wang Lang is only higher than Chen Gui in the name of academics.

First of all, Chen Gui is a descendant of the Gong family, a descendant of the Sangong family, and there are more than two thousand high-ranking officials in his family in modern times. The previous generation of his family has the Sangong Chen Qiu, and the two thousand stones of this generation include Wujun Taishou Chen Yu and Ruyin Taishou Chen Yu. Cong, Chen Gui himself was also Prime Minister of Jibei and Prime Minister Pei in the past.

When Chen Gui saw Tao Qian asking himself, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Sure enough, it was aimed at me.

He never thought of attracting anyone into Xuzhou...

Using Yuan Shu as an introduction to raise this question is only because Yuan Shu is close to me.

This Tao Gongzu...

Chen Gui said to Tao Qian very solemnly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, although there are many rebellions in the counties of Xuzhou, they are all scabies, so that your ability can be determined."

Tao Qian smiled very satisfied when he heard this.

"The matter of attracting foreign aid will be discussed later."

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Afterwards, all Xuzhou assistant officials went out and said their goodbyes.

But Mi Zhu's younger brother Mi Fang was waiting outside the official office.

"Brother, why did you call everyone here so urgently?"

Mi Zhu sneered and said, "What else could it be? Probing!"

"Try?"

"He is in his sixties and knows that time is running out. He has doubts about the future ownership of Xuzhou, so he uses the matter of attracting foreign aid to test everyone."

Mi Fang opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"Xuzhou belongs? Xuzhou is the foundation of the Han family and not someone's private property. Although Tao Gongzu is headstrong, doesn't he even understand this ideal?"

Mi Zhu said with a smile: "If it were a few years ago, it might be so, but if you look at the world now, which one of these people who occupy the big states doesn't regard the state and county as their foundation? The world has long been in chaos."

(End of this chapter)